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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

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TSA Awards L3 $41M in Potential Medium-Speed Purchase and Support OrdersL3 Technologies [LLL] has received two contracts worth a combined potential $40.8 million for multiple medium-speed explosives detection systems (EDS) and technical engineering projects. Under an award worth $20 million, L3 will provide the agency with 15 eXaminer 6700 EDS systems for deployment at three U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Laboratory, and the Terr Explosive Device Analysis Center. Under a $20.8 million contract, L3 will provide various technical engineering work…

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