Implant Sciences [IMSC] has announced several new orders from international customers, including the win of a contract for its Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detector to be used by a new air cargo screening customer in Germany. The sale was made through the company’s German distributor, D-TeC System Consulting GmbH. Separately, Implant received a contract to deploy three more QS-H150s to a corporate customer for critical infrastructure protection in Nigeria. The sale, the fifth in Nigeria in the past six months, was made by the company’s in-country distributor AC Belgrave. Implant says the threat from terrorist groups in Nigeria has created a need for high security at commercial and government buildings. Finally, Implant has sold additional QS-H150s to a company in an African country to protect oil drilling towers. The contract is a follow-on order.
Suspect Detection Systems has sold multiple units of its Cogito automated interrogation system to a private sector security firm in one of the world’s largest countries, which is already testing the technology for certification for use by federal law enforcement. The security firm has a number of significant clients, including the nation’s largest energy company, and will use the system to interrogate employees, including management, in ongoing efforts to prevent and solve cases of industrial espionage. The Cogito system automatically asks questions and monitors responses to help determine abnormal behavior and if potential suspects require further investigation.
ParTec, Ltd., an Indiana-based developer of non-helium-3 neutron detection technology, has received a $600,000 investment from the venture development firm Elevate Ventures that will be co-invested with $1.2 million in funding raised through an offering by private investors, allowing the company to commercialize several critical products in their detector line. ParTec previously has received federal funds to develop initial product prototypes, which answered the need for non-helium-3 neutron detectors in the face of the helium-3 shortage.