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L-3 Awards Analogic $15M for EXACT Systems

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

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Analogic [ALOG] has received a $15 million contract from L-3 Communications [LLL] for Explosive Assessment Computed Tomography (EXACT) systems that serve as the core to L-3's eXaminer 3DX Explosives Detection Systems used to screen checked baggage at airports. Deliveries will begin in June. Last August L-3 awarded Analogic a $17.5 million contract for EXACT systems. The EXACT system features multi-slice computed tomography imaging technology and provides full three-dimensional images of all the contents of a bag. Over 800 eXaminer 3DX…

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