Smiths Detection Awarded $2 Million TSA Contract for Hand-Held Explosives Detection Systems
by Phil Leggiere   
Thursday, 12 March 2009

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has given a $2 million order to Smiths Detection, Pine Brook, NJ, a security company, for SABRE 4000 hand-held trace explosives detectors. These lightweight systems can detect trace amounts of substances from either particle or vapor samples. 

Currently TSA is utilizing more than 4,500 Smiths Detection desktop trace detectors at airport security checkpoints across the nation. 

Source: Smiths Detection


Phil Leggiere
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