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Homeland Security

DHS S&T Exploring Laser, Optical Techniques for Explosives Detection

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate (S&T) in collaboration with the Technical Support Working Group has issued a Request for Information regarding a standoff laser or non-laser optical technique for the detection of trace quantities of explosives on vehicles. DHS hopes to identify candidate systems that would be invited to a government assessment of the state of the art in an outdoor environment. The technologies must detect explosives amounts in the range of micro- grams…

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