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DHS Awards Contracts to Improve Detection Capabilities for Aviation Security

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate have awarded a number of contracts related to improving the detection capabilities of current and next-generation screening technologies used for aviation security.Under a $4 million TSA award, Analogic [ALOG] to develop an algorithm to meet the agency’s new Acceptable Property Screening Standard (APSS) for screening carry-on bags at passenger checkpoints. The award also includes several of the company’s new computed tomography (CT)-based ConneCT…

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