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Homeland Security

DHS S&T, TSWG Issues RFI for Standoff Optical Techniques for Trace Detection

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

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The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate in collaboration with the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office of the Technical Support Working Group has issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding standoff optical techniques for the detection of trace quantities of explosives on vehicles. The agencies are seeking technologies ranging from Technology Readiness Levels 2 through 9. A successfully deployed non-contact system will detect sub-microgram amounts of explosives spread across defined surface area at ranges greater than 20 meters…

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