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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

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CBP Plans $6M Award to Smiths Detection for Portal System Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it plans to award Smiths Detection about $6.2 million under the Container Security Initiative for an upgraded scanning system that will consist of a medium-energy CAB 2000 MA Portal System, server, software, optical character reading cameras, license plate reader system, lighting and processors, network hardware, traffic control devices, and training. The contract is being awarded to expedite the life-cycle replacement of two CAB 2000…

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