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TSA To Move Forward In Competition For New Explosives Detection Systems

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration shortly will kick-off a long awaited competition to purchase explosive detection systems (EDS) used to screen checked baggage at the nation's airports, with contract awards expected next December. TSA expects to begin soliciting proposals within the next month for three categories of EDS and plans to conduct a lot of testing prior to the contract awards, Jenel Kline, program manager, Electronic Baggage Screening Program, Office of Security Technology at TSA, said last Friday…

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