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TSA Expects To Award Next Tranche Of Checkpoint CT Systems In Late Summer 2020

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 20th, 2019

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TSA Expects To Award Next Tranche Of Checkpoint CT Systems In Late Summer 2020

Smiths Detection's HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX checkpoint scanner for carry-on bags. Photo: Smiths Detection

Award of a contract or contracts for the second round of purchases of advanced airport checkpoint baggage scanning machines is expected in the fourth quarter of the government’s fiscal year 2020, with deployments expected to begin during the first quarter of 2021, a Transportation Security Agency official said on Thursday. A Request for Proposals (RFP) for the computed technology (CT)-based checkpoint scanners is expected to be issued in the first quarter of FY ’20, Paul Burrowes, portfolio manager for the…

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