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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

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DHS Issues RFP for Design of Test Standards Services for Airport Checkpoints The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the design, development and fabrication of advanced test standards that simulate the stream-of-commerce accompanying passengers through airport screening checkpoints. The test standards will be used to measure false and/or nuisance alarm rates coincident with target detection rates in the laboratory as part of a certification or qualification type test program.…

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