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Homeland Security

IDSS Nabs Top Prize In Opioid Detection Challenge

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 12th, 2019

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IDSS Nabs Top Prize In Opioid Detection Challenge

Integrated Defense & Security Solutions' DETECT 1000 computed tomography carry-on baggage scanner. Photo: IDSS

Integrated Defense & Security Systems (IDSS) on Thursday won the Department of Homeland Security’s top prize in a competition for new non-intrusive imaging solutions to detect opioids such as fentanyl in international mail shipments. IDSS, a small company that is also competing for Transportation Security Administration contracts to bring computed tomography (CT)-based carry-on baggage scanners to aviation security checkpoints, won $500,000. One Resonance, the runner up, won $250,000 for its quadrupole resonance technology. IDSS’ DETECT 1000 system automatically identifies anomalies…

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Congress

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Congress

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