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TSA Awards Implant Sciences Potential $162 Million For ETDs

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

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TSA Awards Implant Sciences Potential $162 Million For ETDs

Implant Sciences' QS-B220 ETD. Photo: Implant Sciences

Implant Sciences Corp. [IMSC] has received a potential $162 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide the agency with desktop explosive trace detectors for baggage and passenger screening. The award is the largest in the company’s history and is its first with TSA to provide the agency with the desktop devices, which are typically used at aviation security checkpoints to screen carry-on bags for explosives and at checked baggage screening areas. In August TSA…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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