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DNDO Cancels AS&E’s Work On Advanced Cargo X-Ray System

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Monday, March 16th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker American Science & Engineering Corp. [ASEI] said on Friday that the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has partially terminated for convenience the company's contract to develop an advanced X-Ray system that could screen cargo containers for the presence of nuclear threat materials through shielding. AS&E, along with L-3 Communications [LLL] and SAIC [SAI], each received development awards from DNDO in September 2006 under the Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography System (CAARS) program (Defense Daily, Sept. 14, 2006). However,…

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