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CBP Awards Heuresis $29M for Handheld X-Ray Imagers

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

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Heuresis Corp. says it has received a potential five-year $28.8 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity contract from Customs and Border Protection to provide handheld reflective X-Ray imagers, the first purchase of the technology by CBPHeuresis, which is based in Massachusetts, will supply its HBI-120 keV imager, which is based on backscatter technology. OSI Systems’ [OSI] Rapiscan Systems division also bid for the contract.“The Heuresis handheld HBI-120 is a small, lightweight backscatter X-Ray device that can be used to detect contraband, narcotics,…

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