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DNDO Finishes Testing DSIC’s Detector Scanner; Company Gets Interest in Contraband Detection

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) last month completed its test of a cargo inspection system developed by Decision Sciences International Corp. (DSIC) that is designed to passively detect and identify shielded and unshielded nuclear materials, yet the company is finding interest from potential customers for the use of the Multi-Mode Passive Detection System (MMPDS) in detecting other items.DSIC at its own cost deployed its MMPDS system in 2012 at the Freeport Container Port in the Bahamas where it has…

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