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Rapiscan Touts Progress on Data Fusion Contract

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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

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OSI Systems [OSIS] has been developing new algorithms and inspection techniques for special nuclear materials under a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and expects to begin integrating the technology into its Eagle series of high-energy X-Ray systems for cargo inspection. OSI's Rapiscan Systems security division recently received a $1.5 million phase two award from the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to begin the integration work and further develop the algorithms, Shiva Kumar, vice president and general manager of Rapiscan Laboratories,…

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