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Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

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Contract Awards

Integrated Defense & Security Solutions' DETECT 1000 computed tomography carry-on baggage scanner. Photo: IDSS

IDSS Nabs Checkpoint CT Trial Contract for Three UK Airports Britain’s AGS Airports Limited has awarded Integrated Defense and Security Solutions a contract to provide its DETECT 1000 checkpoint computed tomography (CT) carry-on baggage scanner integrated with the Leidos [LDOS] automated tray return system for the trial phase of the procurement program at Aberdeen International, Glasgow and Southampton Airports in the United Kingdom. IDSS will partner with AGS and the team of Pangiam and Google Cloud [GOOG] on a next-generation…

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