Boeing contract to seek bio weapons

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The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Boeing and a team of bio-defence companies an $8.2 million contract to modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle to look for biological warfare agents.

The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded Boeing and a team of bio-defence companies an $8.2 million contract to modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to look for biological warfare agents.

 

The DTRA gave Boeing’s Phantom Works the two-year, Phase 1 contract for the Biological Combat Assessment System (BCAS) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) programme.

 

The DTRA and the Boeing-led team will work with the US Pacific Command and the US Navy Third Fleet to design and develop a remote sensor system that can assess battle damage and collateral effects, using innovative operational capabilities to locate, track, collect and detect simulated biological warfare agents in a designated target area.

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