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Morpho Detection Introduces Non-Radioactive ETD Morpho Detection has launched a new desktop explosives trace detector (ETD), the Itemiser 4DX, which features a non-radioactive ion trap mobility spectrometer source. Morpho Detection, […]

Morpho Detection, Inc., a United States-based business unit of France’s Safran Group, on Nov. 25 filed a protest challenging the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) potential $162 million contract earlier in […]

SureScan Corp., the first company to receive U.S. certification for a multi-energy stationary gantry explosive detection system (EDS), believes it could get the first orders for the x1000 in 2015, […]

Implant Sciences [IMSC] has sold 18 QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors to a member of the NATO alliance for use in military applications. The customer wasn’t disclosed. “In a direct, […]

Boeing [BA] won a contract worth about $517 million to train Royal Australian Navy and Army helicopter pilots for the next 25 years, the company said this week. Boeing Defense […]

Government and industry are working quickly to gain as much knowledge as they can during the science and technology phase of the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, hoping to understand […]

The Army on Nov. 17 awarded Sikorsky a pair of contract modifications worth nearly $1.3 billion for helicopters and support functions, according to a Defense Department statement. The Army awarded […]

Naval Air Systems Command awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract to supply a next-generation mission computer for the Marine Corps’ H-1 helicopter upgrade program, the company said Nov. 16. Northrop […]

A team of unmanned aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman [KAMN] successfully demonstrated its ability to support firefighting operations, Lockheed Martin said. In a Nov. 6 demonstration, an […]

Rolls-Royce was awarded a two-year $287 million contract to provide aftermarket engine support for the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 fleets, the company said on Nov. 25. The […]