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Morpho Detection’s ETD Didn’t Meet TSA’s False Alarm Requirement, GAO Decision Shows

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

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The explosive trace detection (ETD) system that Morpho Detection proposed for a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) competition won by Implant Sciences Corp. [IMSC] failed to meet the agency’s minimum requirements for false alarm rate and would have needed additional software development and possibly even engineering change proposals if it had been selected, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in its legal decision rejecting Morpho’s protest of the award to Implant.TSA last November awarded Implant a potential $162 million contract for…

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