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TSA Ends Support of Rapiscan’s AIT Threat Recognition Software; Company Expects RTT Bookings by July

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

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OSI Systems [OSIS] took a $2.7 million charge in its fiscal second quarter related to a decision by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to discontinue development funding for Automated Target Recognition (ATR) software for the company’s body scanners., a move that also resulted in the company de-booking $5 million from its backlog. Despite the impact to its financial results, the company somewhat downplayed the fact that it appears to be out of the TSA’s market for the body scanners, which…

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