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Norfolk Area Ports to get Two High Energy Container Inspection Systems

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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

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NORFOLK, Va.-Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as part of a larger purchase of new high-energy container inspection X-Ray systems, is expected to supply two of the systems for use at the Port of Virginia for improved container security. CBP currently operates two mobile VACIS systems supplied by Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] at the various port facilities in the Hampton Roads area, but that equipment is aging, Mark Laria, the agency's port director in the area, tells TR2. The new…

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