Northrop Grumman wins $27M contract to maintain pathogen websites

Northrop Grumman has won a $27 million contract to support the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Under the Bioinformatics Resource Centers for Infectious Diseases contract, Northrop Grumman will maintain and enhance websites as data repositories for genomic, proteomic and other data associated with pathogenic viruses, the company said in a release.

The company will also support an integrated analytics platform and tools to facilitate research into the control and elimination of these pathogens, the company said.