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Homeland Security

Viken Also on Smiths Team for CBP Portal Contract, Strengthening Growth Prospects

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021

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Viken Also on Smiths Team for CBP Portal Contract, Strengthening Growth Prospects

Smiths Detection's HCVP Z60 multi-energy inspection system for U.S. CBP includes Viken Detection's backscatter technology. Photo: Smiths Detection

Smiths Detection, one of three awardees for the potential $480 million contract to provide Multi-Energy Portal (MEP) systems to Customs and Border Protection, says that Viken Detection is on its team, providing backscatter imaging technology for the drive-through X-Ray inspection portals. The inclusion of Viken on Smiths’ MEP team was disclosed earlier this month in a LinkedIn post by Patrick Thompson, product manager with Smiths Detection. Leidos [LDOS], another winner on the MEP program, also is using Viken’s backscatter technology…

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