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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

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The Transportation Security Administration says it is closing the subject solicitations for desktop and portable explosive trace detectors, and handheld and desktop bottled liquid scanners, and is therefore closing the established Qualified Product Lists for both. The agency is no longer accepting white paper submissions under the ETD and BLS solicitations.The Airport Consultants Council says that Mark Laustra, vice president of Sales and Government Programs at Astrophysics, has been elected the Chair of the Security Manufacturers Coalition (SMC) for 2016.…

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