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Contract Awards

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

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Smiths Detection Notches $133M Security Contract in Qatar Smiths Detection has won a contract worth more than $133.4 million to supply various security screening equipment at the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) in Qatar., marking the largest singe airport contract the company has ever won. Smiths will supply various HI-SCAN X-Ray inspection systems including the 10080 EDX-2is, 130100T and 7555aTiX, including iLane systems and the 500DT explosives trace detector. Shipments have already begun. “NDIA’s choice of Smiths Detection for its…

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