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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

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DHS Certifies Rapiscan’s Fixed-Gantry EDSOSI Systems [OSIS] says that the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Laboratory has certified its Rapiscan Systems division’s RTT 80 explosive detection system (EDS) for airport checked baggage screening. The RTT system has also passed the European Civil Aviation Conference’s hold-baggage EDS Standard 3 threat detection requirement. OSI has already sold the RTT system to several customers globally. The company says it plans to submit its RTT 110 EDS system for DHS certification testing later…

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