The Office of Naval Research has awarded Battelle and Halyard Health with a $14.4 million four-year contract to create a conformal cover to help lessen damage and tissue loss on traumatic injuries. Battelle’s Protective Oxygenating Wrap for Enhanced Recovery is a portable device designed to suppress microbe proliferation and deliver oxygen to maintain tissue health and improve recovery time of the […] More

The Defense Department has tapped Battelle to deploy the company’s bioaerosol threat identification technology in South Korea to help protect warfighters and civilians from biological threats. DoD will use Battelle’s Resource Effective Bio-Identification System tool to support a biological surveillance mission under the Joint United States Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition program, the […] More

A joint venture of Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Battelle has received the first task order to provide support to the National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence under a potential five-year, $122.5 million contract the U.S. Army awarded in April. National Defense Energy & Environmental Alliance will develop test data designed to qualify citric acid passivation […] More

Battelle and Boeing have agreed to jointly pursue work to operate Sandia National Laboratories in partnership with the University of New Mexico, Texas A&M University System and the University of Texas System. The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration currently looks for a company to manage SNL, a federally funded research and development center tasked with […] More

Battelle has received a potential five-year, $59 million contract from the U.S. Army to conduct research and develop therapeutics and vaccines for chemical and biological threats. The Army’s joint program executive office for chemical and biological defense awarded the contract through the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle, Battelle said Monday. Battelle […] More

Battelle aims to build a third version of the nonprofit’s rifle-like device that works to jam GPS and command-and-control and GPS systems used to fly unmanned aircraft systems, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Tuesday. Geoff Fein writes the current DroneDefender system is powered by a nearly 10-pound battery inside a backpack and designed to neutralize UAS that weighs less than 55 pounds and operates at a speed of less […] More

The Energy Department has opted to extend its contract with Battelle for an additional five years to to operate the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and will not hold a competition for a contract to help run PNNL, Tri-City Herald reported Friday. Annette Cary writes that the current contract will expire in September 2017 and DOE looks to continue the five-decade […] More

Battelle will present one of its anti-unmanned aircraft systems devices and several other technology platforms at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Show from May 16 to 18 in Maryland. The nonprofit’s man-portable DroneDefender device works to disrupt small UAS devices through radio control frequency before the drones present a threat to military and civilian activities, Battelle said Tuesday. […] More

National Defense Energy & Environmental Alliance, a joint venture between Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Battelle, has been selected with three other contractors to support the National Defense Center for Energy and Environment. E2A will look to demonstrate, validate and transition technologies in an effort to assist Defense Department installations, ranges and weapon systems and work to meet the […] More

Battelle has tested a new building safety technology the nonprofit science organization designed to help law enforcement agents respond to shooting incidents in short spans of time. SiteGuard Active Shooter Response uses indoor gunshot detection sensors and cameras to locate and track gunshots then alert the public to an active shooting incident via public address systems, 911 calls, […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed a 30-day endurance test of the Proteus unmanned undersea vehicle built by the company’s Undersea Solutions Group subsidiary and Battelle. HII said Tuesday Proteus was put in a tank at USG’s Florida facility where nearby computers fed navigational and depth data to the UUV’s autonomy and vehicle control systems to mimic an open water mission. Proteus was submerged […] More

A team of scientists and engineers at Battelle has developed a process that works to convert biomass-derived coal into jet fuel through a cost-sharing initiative backed by the Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its hybrid process facilitated the production of syncrude from coal solvents at low pressure without using a catalyst or gaseous hydrogen. The […] More