May 4 – Verus Research, a New Mexico-based team of scientists and engineers specializing in advanced research and development, has signed a five-year, $28 million contract with the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
The company specializes in research and development of radio frequency communications for high-power microwave systems and nuclear engineering, with extensive modeling, simulation, testing and design work.
Under the new Airborne Non-Kinetic Systems for Test contract, Verus Research will support the Department of Defense’s investments in testing and evaluating directed energy technologies.
“We are honored to receive the U.S. Army’s new contract for testing and evaluation of emerging directed energy technologies,” said Dr. J. Mark DelGrande, chief technology officer at Verus Research.
The company, which launched in 2014, will also continue development of its Verus Research Reusable Recoverable Airborne Engagement program, which aims to use a recoverable aerial platform for testing air-to-ground, high-power microwave links.
John Leacock is a reporter in the business bureau of the Albuquerque Journal. He covers Kirtland Air Force Base and technology.
