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Rapiscan Enters TSA WBI Competition with Secure 1000

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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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OSI Systems [OSIS] Rapiscan division has entered the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) new round of competition for Whole Body Imagers (WBI) offering its Secure 1000 backscatter X-Ray system, Peter Kant, Rapiscan's vice president of Global Government Affairs, tells TR2 at the recent FPED VII demonstration. Rapiscan and American Science and Engineering [ASEI] each participated in pilot testing of their respective backscatter personnel imaging systems at one or more airports but TSA eventually opted to acquire L-3 Communications' [LLL] ProVision millimeter…

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