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TSA Awards Whole Body Imaging Contract To Rapiscan

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Thursday, October 1st, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week awarded Rapiscan Security Systems a $25.4 million contract using Recovery Act funding for whole body imaging systems that will be deployed at some of the nation's airports, marking the first production award to any company for the imaging systems. Rapiscan's Secure 1000 system is based on X-Ray technology called backscatter. The image processing software displays organic and inorganic materials. Rapiscan is a division of OSI Systems, Inc. [OSIS]. TSA had…

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