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Homeland Security

TSA’s Advanced Imaging Award Should Open Markets, Rapiscan Believes

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

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The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) recent award to Rapiscan Systems for 150 whole body imaging systems to be deployed for primary screening at U.S. airports should open further markets for the technology both domestically and internationally, a company official tells TR2. This is the first "widespread" deployment by a major regulator outside of the Defense Department "and we think this is the beginning of a market for personnel screeners that will go international and we are the first in it,"…

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