Pentagon awards contract for N-95 mask sterilization at 60 sites

Columbus, Ohio (April 13, 2020)—The Pentagon awarded a $400 million contract to Ohio-based nonprofit research organization Battelle so it can help to sterilize N-95 masks at 60 locations using concentrated hydrogen peroxide vapor.

Battelle said on Friday it was awarded the contract by the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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