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Kromek awarded further $748K contract by DARPA
Kromek awarded further $748K contract by DARPA.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6708P Kromek Group PLC 22 February 2016 \n\n \nApproved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited\n \n22 February 2016\n \nKromek Group plc\n(\"Kromek\" or the \"Company\")\n \nKromek awarded further $748K contract by DARPA\nUS defence agency modifies contract to add $0.75m for the retrofit of 200 legacy detectors\n \nKromek, a radiation detection technology company focusing on the medical, security and nuclear markets, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a modification to its existing contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, for the design, development and supply of electronics modules to provide a universal interface, capable of processing data from either SiPM arrays or from standard photomultipliers (PMTs), and to help retrofit and test 200 legacy detectors with new base electronics modules with both wired and wireless connection capability. The contract modification, to be delivered by 30 April 2017, is worth up to an additional c. $0.75m. From August 2014 to date, Kromek has been awarded a total of $5.37m in contracted revenues under the SIGMA programme with DARPA. Today, the Company also announced the award of a separate sole source contract, worth approximately $6.0m, to supply its D3S modules and chargers to DARPA.\n \nThe extension to the existing contract is for the utilisation of the technologies and building blocks, developed by Kromek for the D3S product for DARPA, in legacy gamma scintillation detectors. The intention is to ascertain if these legacy detectors can be retrofitted with updated technology so that they can be used in either mobile or vehicle mounted systems. The primary purpose of the modified electronics module is to enable DARPA to utilise a large number of these legacy scintillation detectors that are currently not being used. The secondary goal of the development is to establish a method for implementing a Silicon Photomultiplier-based interface to these scintillation detectors to increase robustness, compactness and ability to withstand high temperature, shock and vibration - all at a lower cost. \n \nArnab Basu, Chief Executive Officer, said: \"The detector technologies we have developed have significant potential for various applications in a number of ...