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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

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OSI Systems Receives Large Order for RTT EDS Systems at Airports in FranceOSI Systems [OSIS] says that HTDS, its French distributor for the company’s Rapiscan Systems division, has received a multi-year framework contract to provide the RTT 110 explosive detection system (EDS) to Charles de Gaulle and Orly international airports near Paris. The initial order is for four units and OSI says it has not received any indication of additional orders at the moment. Josephine Millward, a security and defense…

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