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Homeland Security

MDI Gets First Order for CTX 5800; Expects XDi Ready for Launch in 2013

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

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Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI) has received its first contract for its new CTX 5800 medium-speed explosives detection system (EDS) and expects its X-Ray diffraction-based checkpoint screening system to be ready in 2013 to meet European requirements for detecting liquid explosives in carry-on bags, company officials tell TR2. The order for a single CTX 5800 is for Mauritius and will be installed in the fourth quarter of 2011, while the international pipeline for these systems is at 50, Dennis Cooke, MDI's…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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