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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 14th, 2014

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The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing TSA’s cancellation in December of a $67 million contract it had awarded OSI Systems’ [OSIS] Rapiscan division in late September for Advanced Technology X-Ray systems to be deployed airport security checkpoints. TSA cancelled the contract after Rapiscan informed the agency that its submission included a Chinese-made component that hadn’t been approved by TSA. The review of the matter by DHS presumably involves whether to disbar Rapiscan from federal contracting for a period of…

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