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After Cancellation, DNDO Has Found Uses for Next-Gen Rad Portals

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

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Three years after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) terminated a program aimed at developing and producing the next-generation of portal systems to detect radiological threats hidden in cargo and vehicles, dozens of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portals (ASP) are being used in operations and for scientific research, a department official said on Tuesday. Following cancellation of the program in 2011, 36 ASPs purchased through low-rate production are now being used by universities and the national laboratories for research and others…

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