Smiths Detection has been awarded a five-year, $1.27 million contract to supply a radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security. The company will deliver its RadSeeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Smiths Detection said Wednesday. “Under a competitively-awarded contract RadSeeker was developed in cooperation with the […] More

Smiths Detection will provide mobile-based medical shelters for the Department of the Army under a $27.7 million follow-on order. The company said Thursday its Chemical Biological Protective Shelter M8E1 is designed to help health personnel deliver emergency medical services to military servicemen without wearing any protective clothing against biological and chemical threats. Smiths Detection President Terry Gibson […] More

Smiths Detection has secured an Option I contract to develop an air monitoring system for the U.S. Army as part of the service’s Next Generation Chemical Detector program. The NGCD platform aims to develop and acquire detectors that could be used by soldiers to detect toxic industrial chemicals, chemical warfare and nontraditional agents during missions, […] More

Smiths Detection has received a $70M order from the Transportation Security Administration to deploy computerized tomography imaging systems to airports nationwide. The company said Friday it will provide CTX 9800 systems through 2019 in an effort to help TSA personnel detect and identify explosives in luggage content. The baggage screening platform is designed with 3D CT technology and certified by the […] More

Smiths Detection has received a $45 million order to supply the Transportation Security Administration with additional explosives detection systems for installation at various airports across the U.S. The company said Wednesday that it will deliver 26 CTX 9800 DSi systems as part of the order with an option to provide 12 more EDS units to TSA. Sally Nordeen, senior director of global EDS […] More

Smiths Detection and Duke University’s Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering have forged a partnership to study deep learning techniques that could boost the screening capacity of airport checkpoint x-ray systems. The company said Friday the partnership is part of Duke University’s contract with the Transportation Security Administration that aims to apply machine learning technology in the […] More

Smiths Detection has signed a five-year, $65 million deal with the Department of Homeland Security‘s Federal Protective Service to provide x-ray inspection systems in government buildings across the U.S. FPS will use the x-ray systems to detect potential threats at more than 9,000 government facilities under its responsibility, the company said Wednesday. SDI aims to complete deliveries and installations of the x-ray systems by 2021 and […] More

Leidos has awarded a multi-million dollar order to Smiths Detection for airport security tools and support services to support a contract Leidos holds with the Transportation Security Administration. Smiths Detection will supply trained field support and parts for X-ray and explosives trace detection technology for four years to approximately 400 airports across the U.S., Smiths Detection […] More

A new NanoMarkets report predicts that the radiation detection device market will reach a value of $1.92 billion for domestic security applications and $868 million for military applications by 2020. The company said Jan. 5 that the military and security sectors are the fastest-growing markets for radiation detection devices due to an increase in terrorist activity and demand […] More

Lance Roncalli, a technology sector veteran with more than 25 years of leadership experience, has joined Leidos as vice president of business development for its security enterprise solutions operation. Roncalli will oversee strategic opportunities, pursuits and capture efforts meant to drive Leidos’ security product portfolio, the company said Thursday. He previously held the chief revenue officer role […] More

Leidos has received two delivery orders worth $202 million combined to supply non-intrusive inspection systems to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for deployment to the agency’s passenger vehicle checkpoint sites. CBP placed the orders through a pair of multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to procure Low-Energy Portal and Multi-Energy Portal systems, the company said Thursday. Jim […] More

A fresh Research and Markets report predicts the global maritime and border security market will reach $23.7 billion by 2025 from $15.6 billion in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate of 4.23 percent. The report indicates internal security threats will bolster the demand for maritime and border security products and services, Research and Markets […] More