The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration plans to issue an indefinite-delivery contract for the procurement and installation of Type 1 and Type 2 explosive ...

OSI Systems, Inc has received an order for approximately $13 million to provide multiple units of its RTT® 110 (Real Time Tomography) explosive detection system that is expected to be installed at an ...

L-3 Communications Security & Detection has received a $33 million order from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the company's eXaminer 3DX explosives detection systems. "L-3 has ...

The ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure criticized the federal government's decision to use a less sophisticated method of screening luggage for explosives at ...

Astrotech Corporation received a $1.29 million R&D contract from DHS to develop the TRACER 1000 explosives detection system. Astrotech Corporation and its subsidiary, 1st Detect Corporation, have ...

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Detection of explosives involves collecting a sample, processing the sample, and ultimately deciding whether explosives are present or not. In order to provide a common vocabulary for subsequent ...

Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport is testing a new automatic explosives detection system (Auto-EDS) at a passenger security checkpoint. The Transportation Security ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has awarded N3.233bn for the provision and installation of specialised unique and narcotics detection screening equipment at five international airports in Nigeria.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Glossary." National Research Council. 2004. Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226 ...