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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

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TSA Awards SAIC $25M to Upgrade CT-80s Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has received a $25 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to upgrade 210 Reveal Imaging CT-80 Explosive Detection Systems to the CT-80DR version. The reduced-size CT-80DR features dual-energy computed tomography X-Ray technology for enhanced explosives detection and false alarm rate performance and has a throughput of 225 bags per hour. MDI Announces First European Sale of CTX 5800 EDS Morpho Detection, Inc., says it has received…

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