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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014

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The Transportation Security Administration has awarded L-3 Communications [LLL] a contract to supply an unspecified number of the company’s eXaminer 6700 Medium-Speed Explosive Detection Systems for installation at Boston’s Logan International Airport Terminal A. L-3 will also remove an unspecified number of its 6000 eXaminer EDS systems to make way for the 6700s. The number of EDS systems and the value of the award were redacted in a FedBizOpps.gov announcement. Smiths Detection has received a contract valued at more than…

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