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Mexico Awards OSI Systems $600 Million For Cargo And Vehicle Scanners

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 20th, 2023

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Mexico Awards OSI Systems $600 Million For Cargo And Vehicle Scanners

OSI Systems' CarView scanning portal. Photo: OSI Systems

OSI Systems [OSIS] on Monday said that Mexico’s defense ministry has awarded the company a $600 million contract to provide various non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems and a related integration platform to scan cargo and vehicles at the country’s northern and southern borders. OSI System will supply its Eagle high- and low-energy cargo inspection portals, the Carview vehicle inspection system, and the Certscan multi-site integration platform that integrates the various NII systems to improve inspection operations. The NII systems will be…

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