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Canberra Sells ASP System to Belgium Customs

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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

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Canberra has received a contract from Belgium Customs to deliver and install at the Port of Antwerp one the company's Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) systems it is currently developing for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Terms of the contract weren't disclosed although there is the possibility of further sales to Belgium Customs, Stephen Mettler, director of Canberra's ASP program, tells TR2. The sale marks the first for Canberra's ASP outside the U.S. The system will be installed this year…

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