General Physics Corporation Receives Award from the CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity for Staff Augmentation Services.ELKRIDGE, Md. -- Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GPX GPX - Early system on UNIVAC II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). ), has been awarded a contract by the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE CBRNE Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (US DoD) CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Enhanced Conventional Weapons ) Analytical and Remediation Activity (CARA) Remediation Response West (RRW), part of the U.S. Army's 20th Support Command, to provide staff augmentation services at the Pine Bluff Arsenal The Pine Bluff Arsenal is an active military arsenal, that stores 12.5% of the nation's obsolete chemical weapons. In an incident after WWII, several captured German rockets containing nerve agents were accidentally launched into the surrounding countryside. . This contract is valued at up to $2.5 million through September 2009, and enables GP to continue supporting the mission of the CARA RRW by providing personnel to perform chemical agent operations in the decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. of one-ton containers. GP has supported CARA RRW since December 2006. About GP GP is the principal operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX). GP is a global performance improvement solutions provider of sales and technical training and e-Learning solutions, management consulting and engineering services. GP's solutions improve the effectiveness of organizations by delivering innovative and superior training, consulting and business improvement services, customized to meet the specific needs of its clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing, process and energy industries, and other commercial and government customers. Additional information may be found at www.gpworldwide.com. |
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