Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday said it has received a contract from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide a variant of its VACIS cargo inspection systems for high-energy non-intrusive scanning of rail infrastructure entering the U.S. The five-year multiple award contract has a potential value of $379 million and began on July 1. Leidos will provide CBP with its VACIS IR6500 high-energy rail inspection system that includes container optical recognition, a railcar identification system, conveyance cameras, a control subsystem display…
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