CombiMatrix subcontracts components, technology for handheld sensor to Northrop Grumman

By E. Janene Geiss

Philadelphia, May 23 - Acacia Research Corp. said Tuesday that its CombiMatrix group has signed a subcontract with Northrop Grumman to develop technology and components for the Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor program.

The Special Project Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funds the program, according to a company news release.

The goal of the program is to develop a handheld sensor that is capable of identifying biological weapon threats across the entire threat spectrum including bacteria, viruses and toxins, officials said.

The sensor will be based on isothermal technologies that hold the promise of allowing silver-standard quality identification in a small, low-logistics package.

Financial support for this work will be provided through Northrop Grumman's contract. Should this contract expand into phase 4 and eventually into procurement, CombiMatrix said it may be awarded additional contracts to develop technology and supply components.

Northrop Grumman, based in Los Angeles, provides products, services and solutions in information and services, aerospace, electronics and shipbuilding to the military, government and commercial customers.

Acacia, based in Newport Beach, Calif., is comprised of two operating groups, Acacia Technologies group and CombiMatrix group. CombiMatrix develops platform technology to rapidly produce customizable arrays, which are semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations and proteins.

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