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Homeland Security

Smiths Detection Gets $11.4M TSA Order for ETD Machines

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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Smiths Detection an $11.4 million order to provide IONSCAN 500DT explosive trace detectors (ETDs) for screening carry-on luggage at airport security checkpoints. The desktop ETD machine uses ion mobility spectrometry in a dual tube design to provide high sensitivity and accuracy for detecting trace explosives. The purchase follows a previous $6 million order by TSA in Oct. 2008 for the IONSCAN 500DT. TSA recently awarded Safran Group's Morpho Detection unit a $35.5 million…

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