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Homeland Security

DTRA Seeks Input on Active/Passive Metal Detectors

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

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The Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is soliciting white papers o integrate selectable passive and active metal detection technology into a single unit or instrument that is currently made or one that can be easily constructed. The sensitivity of the unit should be enough to allow it to detect individual objects such as solid state electronic components and assembled circuit boards from single or multiple sources such as packages, bags, walls, floors, and different soil types with a minimum…

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