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Homeland Security

Smiths Detection Nabs $97 Million TSA Award For New Checkpoint Scanners

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

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Smiths Detection Nabs $97 Million TSA Award For New Checkpoint Scanners

Smiths Detection's HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX checkpoint scanner for carry-on bags. Photo: Smiths Detection

The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday evening awarded Smiths Detection a $96.8 million contract to provide 300 new scanning systems to screen carry-on bags at airport checkpoints. The deployment of the computed tomography (CT)-based systems will increase security by providing operators with three-dimensional images of a bag’s contents, which should also speed processing of travelers. “Smiths Detection, Inc., offered the best value for TSA in this procurement, and has been chosen to support the most consequential technology deployment to checkpoints…

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