Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Varian Medical Systems [VAR] a $21 million contract to provide five IntellX gantry X-Ray container inspection systems, the largest single order ever for the system. The award is being made under an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. The systems will be deployed along the U.S. border to scan vehicles for both border security and manifest verification purposes. The IntellX is based on Varian’s Mi6 dual-energy Linatron system which uses alternating energies to allow enhanced material discrimination and the potential for automatic identification of contraband materials. “We developed the new Mi Linatron series as a smaller and more cost-competitive system for automatic detection of suspicious materials hidden in cargo,” says Bob Drubka, head of Varian’s Security and Inspection Products business unit. The IntellX, which is only sold to CBP, requires a driver to exit the vehicle while the truck is being scanned. Under a previous contract with CBP, Varian has already installed three IntellX systems and two more are awaiting sites, a company spokesman tells TR2.The materials discrimination capability is standard on new versions of IntellX while older versions of the system can be upgraded with this capability in the future, the spokesman says.
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