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TSA Awards Checkpoint CT Vendors Contracts For System Enhancement, Maintenance

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, October 15th, 2021

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TSA Awards Checkpoint CT Vendors Contracts For System Enhancement, Maintenance

Integrated Defense & Security Solutions' DETECT 1000 computed tomography carry-on baggage scanner. Photo: IDSS

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded contracts to the four vendors that have all supplied the agency with advanced checkpoint baggage scanners that have been used for the past several years to demonstrate and evaluate the technologies in some U.S. airports. The three-year contracts were awarded to Analogic, Integrated Defense & Security Solutions, Leidos [LDOS] and Smiths Detection. The values of the contracts were redacted. Analogic and Smiths each have existing contracts with TSA to supply and deploy their…

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