Gingko Bioworks Wins Up to $17.5 Million ARPA-H Subcontract for RNA Manufacturing

08:57 AM EDT, 09/10/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) said Thursday it was awarded a subcontract worth up to $17.5 million under ARPA-H's GIVE program. The company said it will support prime contractor Waterfall Scientific on ESCALATOR, a project aimed at developing an integrated, autonomous benchtop system for individualized RNA drug manufacturing. The company said it will provide automation hardware, systems integration and Catalyst software to connect manufacturing and quality-control modules into a unified system. Work is expected to begin later this month, the company said.