Smiths Detection entwickelt Diagnostiksystem für Infektionskrankheiten

Smiths Detection entwickelt ein System zur Schnelldiagnostik, zunächst für den Einsatz in Screening-Programmen von Krankenhäusern zum Nachweis von Infektionskrankheiten. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Auftrag über 6 Millionen US-Dollar von der TSA für moderne Sprengstoff-Spurendetektoren

6-Millionen-Dollar-Auftrag von der amerikanischen Verkehrssicherheitsbehörde TSA über IONSCAN 500DT Sprengstoff-Spurendetektoren für den Einsatz an Flughafen-Checkpoints. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Auftrag über 26,7 Millionen Dollar von der TSA über zusätzliche fortschrittliche Röntgenprüfanlagen für den Einsatz an Checkpoints

Folgeauftrag über 26,7 Millionen Dollar von der amerikanischen Verkehrssicherheitsbehörde TSA für zusätzliche Advanced Threat Identification X-Ray (aTiX)-Systeme. [weiter]

Artificial Intuition Software und Lösung zur ferngesteuerten Datensicherung gewinnen europäischen Teil des Global Security Challenge

Smiths Detection sponsert globalen Technologiewettbewerb und wählt Teilnehmer für Endausscheidung im November aus [weiter]

Smiths Detection präsentiert FirstView iSC3

FirstView iSC3-Sicherheitsplattform - eine leistungsstarke, netzwerkbasierte Software-Lösung für fortschrittliches Management von Sicherheitssystemen mit Kameras und Sensoren. [weiter]

Smiths Detection präsentiert tragbares, robustes Gerät zur Detektion von Strahlung und nuklearen Gefahren

HPRIDTM, High Performance Radioisotope Identifier, ein handgeführtes Gerät der nächsten Generation zur Detektion und Identifizierung hochangereicherten Urans, Plutoniums und anderer radioaktiver Materialien. [weiter]

Smiths Detection präsentiert fortschrittliches Luftüberwachungssystem zur Detektion und Abwehr chemischer Gefahren

SABRE CENTURION II, Luftüberwachungssystem zur Detektion und Identifizierung von chemischen Kampfstoffen und toxischen Industriechemikalien in kritischen Infrastrukturen. [weiter]

Smiths Detection stellt robusten, handgeführten Detektor mit dreifacher Gefahrendetektionsfunktion vor

Der Multi-Mode Threat Detector (MMTD), ein tragbares Gerät zur Detektion zahlreicher Sprengstoffe sowie Materialien, die häufig zur Herstellung selbst gebauter Bomben verwendet werden. [weiter]

Smiths Detection beliefert Lufthansa Cargo mit modernen Luftfracht-Sicherheitssystemen für seine US-Anflugstationen

Smiths Detection gibt bekannt, dass Lufthansa Cargo 19 duale Spurendetektoren des Typs IONSCAN 500DT für alle seine US-Anflugstationen erworben hat. [weiter]

US Postal Inspection Service wählt Sicherheitstechnologien von Smiths Detection für mobiles Screening

Mehrere Geräte von Smiths Detection von Bundesbehörde zur Detektion von Sprengstoffen, toxischen Industriechemikalien und chemischen Kampfstoffen in neuem, mobilen Post-Screening-System installiert; erster Einsatz bei Parteikonventen von Demokraten und Republikanern [weiter]

TSA nimmt Ionscan 500DT von Smiths Detection als ersten dualen Spurendetektor für Sprengstoffe in die Qualified Products List auf

Smiths Detection meldet, dass die amerikanische Verkehrsbehörde TSA das Gerät IONSCAN 500DT, nach erfolgreichen Tests gemäß TSA-Zertifizierungsplan für Sprengstoff-Spurendetektoren, offiziell zertifiziert hat. [weiter]

Smiths Detection und Torion Technologies entwickeln gemeinsam tragbare, zukunftsweisende Systeme zur Erkennung chemischer Bedrohungen für die Bereiche Military und Emergency Responders

Smiths Detection gibt eine Partnerschaft mit Torion Technologies bekannt; diese Verbindung ermöglicht die gemeinsame Entwicklung eines handgeführten GC-TMS-Gerätes der neuen Generation für die Markbereiche Sicherheit, Verteidigung und ziviler Notfalleinsatz.
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Smiths Detection ernennt renommierten Wissenschaftler zum Leiter des Teams PROTECT Solutions

Smiths Detection meldet die Ernennung von Dr. Anthony J. Policastro zum Chief Scientist des Bereichs PROTECT Solutions. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält von US-Militär weiteren Auftrag über US$ 28,5 Millionen zur Lieferung zukunftsweisender Detektoren für chemische Kampfstoffe

Smiths Detection, Bereich Military, erhält weiteren Auftrag, in Höhe von 28,5 Millionen Dollar, zur Belieferung des US-Verteidigungsministeriums (DoD) mit modernen, leichtgewichtigen Detektoren im Rahmen des Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)-Programms. [weiter]

Smiths Detection beliefert AMTRAK erneut mit hochentwickelten, tragbaren Sprengstoffdetektionsgeräten

Zur Erweiterung seiner Kontrollkapazitäten erwirbt AMTRAK weitere moderne Geräte des Typs SABRE 4000 für die Sprengstoffdetektion. [weiter]

Smiths Detection schützt US-Hauptstadt mit modernsten Handgepäck-Prüfsystemen an den drei größten Flughäfen der Region

Die amerikanische Verkehrssicherheitsbehörde TSA hat die Sicherheits-Checkpoints an den Flughäfen Washington Dulles International (IAD), Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) und Reagan National (DCA) modernisiert.  [weiter]

Smiths eröffnet neue Produktionshalle für Röntgenprüfsysteme

Smiths Detection eröffnet neue Produktionshalle am Standort Wiesbaden, um die weltweit stark gestiegene Nachfrage nach hochentwickelten Röntgenprüfgeräten zu bewältigen [weiter]

Smiths Detection präsentiert Smart Trigger zur Detektion biologischer Stoffe

Smiths Detection präsentiert heute den SmartBio™ Sensor (SBS) zur Echtzeit-Detektion von biologischen Kampfstoffen und luftgetragenen Toxinen. Der SBS gibt bei der Detektion einer biologischen Gefahr einen visuellen oder akustischen Alarm aus und klassifiziert den Stoff nach dessen Gefahrenkategorie. [weiter]

Smiths Detection bringt tragbares System zur Detektion von handelsüblichen Chemikalien in improvisierten Sprengsätzen auf den Markt

Smiths Detection bringt den SABRE EXV, einen tragbaren Dampfdetektor für flüchtige Chemikalien in selbstgebauten Bomben auf den Markt. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Aufträge von der TSA im Wert von 25,2 Millionen Dollar für zusätzliche, moderne Checkpoint-Röntgensysteme

Smiths Detection meldet heute den Erhalt von Folgeaufträgen im Wert von 25,2 Millionen Dollar von der amerikanischen Verkehrssicherheitsbehörde TSA für zusätzliche aTiX-Röntgenprüfgeräte [weiter]

Smiths Detection trauert um Herrn Dr. Bob Turner, Leiter des Bereichs Detektion chemischer Kampfstoffe

Smiths Detection gibt mit großer Trauer bekannt, dass Herr Dr. Bob Turner OBE, Director of Technology Acquisition bei Smiths Detection, verstorben ist. [weiter]

Smiths Detection bringt modernes Handgerät zur Identifizierung chemischer Substanzen auf den Markt

Smiths Detection präsentiert heute den HazMatID Ranger, ein neues, tragbares Gerät zur Identifizierung chemischer Substanzen, speziell konzipiert für den vielseitigen Einsatz im Feld, der die schnelle und einfache Identifizierung unbekannter fester oder flüssiger Substanzen erfordert. [weiter]

Mit dem fortschrittlichen Glas-in-Glas-Prüfsystem gewinnt Smiths Detection den bisher größten Auftrag in der Branche

Mit dem fortschrittlichen Glas-in-Glas-Prüfsystem gewinnt Smiths Detection den bisher größten Auftrag in der Branche [weiter]

Fortschrittliche Röntgen-Checkpoints von Smiths Detection am International Airport Denver installiert

Fortschrittliche Röntgen-Checkpoints von Smiths Detection am International Airport Denver installiert [weiter]

Bereich Product Inspection von Smiths Detection erweitert globale Reichweite in Nahrungsmittel-Industrie

Bereich Product Inspection von Smiths Detection erweitert globale Reichweite in Nahrungsmittelindustrie [weiter]

Yonkers Fire Department erwirbt tragbaren Gas- und Dampfdetektor von Smiths Detection für Papstbesuch

Smiths Detection meldete heute, dass das Yonkers Fire Department, in Vorbereitung auf den Besuch Papst Benedikts XVI., ein HGVI-Gerät zur Identifizierung gefährlicher Gase und Dämpfe erworben hat. [weiter]

Fortschrittlicher Sicherheits-Checkpoint von Smiths Detection steigert Passagierdurchsatz am Flughafen Baltimore/Washington International

Smiths Detection meldete heute den ersten Einsatz seines iLane-Systems, eines automatisierten Sicherheitskontrollprozesses, der Geräte des Typs Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (aTiX) integriert, am Flughafen Baltimore/Washington International (BWI).
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Erster moderner Checkpoint zur Röntgenprüfung von Smiths Detection in USA installiert

Smiths Detection meldete heute den ersten Einsatz seiner Advanced Technology (AT)-Röntgenprüfsysteme in den Vereinigten Staaten, am Internationalen Flughafen Albuquerque. [weiter]

Smiths Detection und NCS Pharmaceuticals erweitern Support-Angebot für IONSCAN-LS™ End-User

Smiths Detection, Teil des globalen Technologiekonzerns Smiths Group, meldete heute, dass sein Bereich Scientific ein strategisches Bündnis mit NCS Pharmaceuticals zur Erweiterung des End-User-Support für den IONSCAN-LS-Kundenbereich eingegangen ist. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Vertrag im Wert von potentiell 75 Millionen US-Dollar für ACADA-Geräte

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Smiths Detection erhält Auftrag im Wert von 23,8 Millionen Dollar von US-Verteidigungsministerium zur Lieferung von M4 JCAD-Geräten. Diese repräsentieren die neue Generation von Detektoren chemischer Kampfstoffe, die von US-Militärs genutzt werden

Smiths Detection meldete heute den Erhalt eines Kontrakts in Höhe von 23,8 Millionen US-Dollar für seinen Bereich Military zur Lieferung leichtgewichtiger Detektoren an das US-Verteidigungsministerium im Rahmen des Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)-Programms, dem weltweit größten Programm seiner Art. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Aufträge über 7,2 Millionen Dollar von der US Air Force für Geräte zur Identifizierung von Gefahrstoffen

Smiths Detection meldet heute den Erhalt von Folgeaufträgen von Seiten der US-amerikanischen Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) über insgesamt 7,2 Millionen Dollar für Geräte zur Identifizierung von Gefahrstoffen. [weiter]

Smiths Detection zur Teilnahme am IPDS-Programm ausgewählt

Smiths Detection meldet, dass sein Geschäftsbereich Military ausgewählt wurde, an der Hauptphase des IPDS (Improved Point Detection System)-Programms teilzunehmen. IPDS II ist ein Schiffsdetektionssystem zur Aufspürung chemischer Kampfstoffe. [weiter]

Smiths Detection beliefert AMTRAK mit fortschrittlichen, tragbaren Sprengstoffdetektionsgeräten

Smiths Detection gibt den Kauf von Detektionsgeräten des Typs SABRE 4000 durch die amerikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft AMTRAK bekannt. AMTRAK wird die Geräte zur schnellen und berührungslosen Untersuchung von Fahrgästen, Zügen und Bahnhöfen nach Sprengstoffen einsetzen. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Auftrag über 58 Millionen Dollar von der US-Regierung zur Lieferung fortschrittlicher Hochenergie-Röntgenprüfsysteme

Smiths Detection erhielt drei Aufträge über insgesamt 58,3 Millionen von der US-Regierung für fortschrittliche Hochenergie-Cargo-Screening-Lösungen. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Wins Second Contract for Advanced Mobile Cargo Screening Equipment in Paraguay

Smiths Detection Wins Second Contract for Advanced Mobile Cargo Screening Equipment in Paraguay [weiter]

Smiths Detection Advanced Explosives Detectors Provide Security for Brazilian Federal Airport Authority

Smiths Detection Advanced Explosives Detectors Provide Security for Brazilian Federal Airport Authority [weiter]

Smiths Detection Provides Advanced Security Systems to the 2007 Pan-Am Games

Smiths Detection Provides Advanced Security Systems to the 2007 Pan-Am Games [weiter]

Global Security Challenge wählt die fünf weltweit besten Sicherheits-Startups

Im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs um die Auszeichnung des Unternehmens, das die weltweit aussichtsreichsten Sicherheitstechnologien entwickelt hat, verkündeten die Organisatoren heute fünf Finalisten. [weiter]

Smiths Detection bringt tragbares Gerät zur Diagnose von Maul- und Klauenseuche und Vogelgrippe auf den Markt

Smiths Detection bringt ein tragbares Detektionsgerät auf den Markt, das es Veterinären ermöglicht, Tierkrankheiten vor Ort zu diagnostizieren [weiter]

Smiths Detection präsentiert zukunftsweisendes Dual-Energie-Röntgenprüfgerät (DEXA) zur Fettanalyse in Fleisch

Smiths Detection, ein Geschäftsbereich des globalen Technologieunternehmens Smiths Group, präsentierte heute das System Eagle™ FA null, ein hochentwickeltes Röntgenprüfgerät für die Fettanalyse, für den nordamerikanischen Markt. Das System Eagle FA nutzt das Verfahren der Dual-Energie-Röntgenabsorptionsmessung (DEXA). [weiter]

Smiths Detection präsentiert automatisches Checkpoint-Konzept “iLane” für die Sicherheitskontrolle

Smiths Detection bringt heute sein revolutionäres automatisches “iLane”-Konzept auf den Markt, das sich auf die Automatisierung des Inspektionsprozesses konzentriert, um so den Passagierdurchsatz zu erhöhen und gleichzeitig Sicherheitsstandards zu verbessern. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält 21 Mio.-Auftrag von US-Regierung für neue bahnbrechende aTiX-Technologie

Smiths Detection hat einen Auftrag im Wert von 21 Mio. US-Dollar von der US-amerikanischen Behörde für Sicherheit im Transportwesen TSA erhalten. Dabei handelt es sich um das Gerät aTiX - das Röntgenprüfgerät, das automatisch Sprengstoffe und Flüssigkeiten an Passagierkontrollen detektiert. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Aufträge in Höhe von über 170 Millionen US-Dollar von Russland, Dubai und Indien

Smiths Detection erhält neue Aufträge über170 Millionen US-Dollar aus Russland, Dubai und Indien [weiter]

Smiths Detection sichert sich 10-Jahresabkommen mit BAA zur vollständigen Umgestaltung der Passagierkontrollen im Vereinten Königreich

Smiths Detection sichert sich 10-Jahresabkommen mit der BAA zur kompletten Umgestaltung von Passagierkontrollen in UK [weiter]

aTiX: das bahnbrechende Röntgenprüfverfahren von Smiths Detection revolutioniert die Sicherheit an Kontrollpunkten

Das bahnbrechende Röntgenprüfverfahren von Smiths Detection, aTiX, revolutioniert zukünftig die Sicherheit an Kontrollpunkten [weiter]

Smiths Detection für die zweite Auswertungsphase im Rahmen des Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)-Programms ausgewählt

Smiths Detection selected for Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) Increment 2 evaluation. [weiter]

Smiths Group plc und General Electric Company setzen das Joint Venture nicht fort

Smiths und GE  gelangen zu der Überzeugung, dass den Interessen beider Seiten am besten dadurch gedient sei, wenn die Unernehmen eigenständig bleiben. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Auftrag vom Verteidigungsministerium für die Entwicklung einer fortschrittlichen Technologie zukünftiger chemischer Detektoren

Smiths Detection hat einen Forschungsauftrag über 1,2 Millionen Pfund vom britischen Verteidigungsministerium für HiFAWS erhalten, einem neuen Verfahren für eine neue Generation von kleinen, kostengünstigen Detektoren für chemische Stoffe. [weiter]

Deutsches Verteidigungsministerium entscheidet sich zum Schutz der Bundeswehr für den Lightweight Chemical Detector von Smiths Detection

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Dänemark entscheidet sich bei Nachrüstung chemischer Detektoren für Smiths Detection

Smiths Detection soll alle zur Zeit bei der dänischen Armee eingesetzten Lightweight Chemical Detectors aufrüsten [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält einen Auftrag über eine moderne Anlage zur mobilen Frachtprüfung in Paraguay

Paraguay National Customs will das mit Hochenergie arbeitende mobile Frachtprüfsystem zur Aufdeckung von Schmuggel und illegalem Warenverkehr an Grenzübergängen einsetzen. [weiter]

Smiths Detection stellt ein handgeführtes chemisches Identifizierungsgerät mit Multisensortechnik für Notfallhelfer vor

Smiths Detection, ein Unternehmensbereich des globalen Technologieunternehmens Smiths Group, kündigte heute die Einführung des Multisensorgeräts Hazardous Gas and Vapor Identifier (HGVI™) auf dem Markt für First Responder in den USA an.
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Smiths Detection führt neuen Handdetektor für biologische Stoffe ein – Bio-Seeq Plus

Smiths Detection kündigt die Einführung des modernen Handgeräts Bio-Seeq Plus für die schnelle Detektion von biologischen Gefahren wie Anthrax und Pest  an.

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Smiths Detection unterstützt schwedische Verteidigungskräfte im Schutz gegen chemische Kampfstoffe

Auftrag für Smiths Detection über rund 2 Millionen Pfund für die Auslieferung von LCD Lightweight Chemical Detectors an die schwedischen Verteidigungskräfte. [weiter]

Smiths Detection für die Vermarktung des Frühwarnsystems für Terroranschläge mit Chemiewaffen ausgewählt

Wahl von Smiths Detection zum alleinigen Lizenzinhaber für PROTECT, einem Frühwarnsystem, das chemische Sensoren und Überwachungskameras zum Schutz öffentlicher Plätze vor Terroranschlägen mit Chemiewaffen kombiniert. [weiter]

Smiths Detection soll zukunftsweisende Sicherheitssysteme für die MTA der Stadt New York ausbauen

Smiths Detection-LiveWave und Argonne National Laboratory erhalten Auftrag über die Erweiterung des erfolgreichen Systems “PROTECT”, ein Frühwarn-  und Reaktionssystem für die Detektion von chemischen Stoffen [weiter]

Neuer Verband zur Erhöhung der nationalen Sicherheit des Vereinigten Königreichs eingeführt

Group Managing Director von Smiths Detection zum ersten Vorsitzenden des Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers Council (RISC) berufen
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Smiths Group plc und General Electric unterzeichnen Formation Agreement zur Bildung von Smiths GE Detection

Smiths Group plc und General Electric kündigen die Unterzeichnung eines Formation Agreement, einen wichtigen Schritt in der Bildung des Gemeinschaftsunternehmens Smiths GE Detection, im Anschluss an den Vorvertrag vom 15. Januar 2007 an. [weiter]

Smiths Detection erhält Auftrag über 19,25 Millionen Dollar vom US-Verteidigungsministerim für einen Nerven- und Hautkampfstoffdetektor

Smiths Detection, ein Unternehmensbereich des globalen Technologieunternehmens Smiths Group, gab heute bekannt, dass der Militärbereich einen Lieferauftrag über mehr als 4100 ICAM-Geräte im Wert von 19,25 Millionen Pfund vom US-Verteidigungsministerium erhalten habe.
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Smiths Detection erhält Aufträge über 4,5 Millionen Dollar für die Belieferung der US-Air Force mit moderner Ausrüstung für die Hazmat-Analyse

Smiths Detection gab heute die Erteilung von drei Aufrägen durch die United States Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency bekannt. [weiter]

Smiths Group plc und General Electric unterzeichnen Vorvertrag zum Joint Venture

Smiths Group plc und General Electric geben die Unterzeichnung eines Vorvertrags zur Bildung des Unternehmens Smiths GE Detection bekannt.
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Smiths Detection Lightweight Chemical Detector provides new level of personal protection for emergency responders

Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, has completed the worldwide launch of its Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD), for non-military personnel operating in high risk situations. It is now being offered in the US market where it is designated LCD-FR. [weiter]

Norwegian Armed Forces exercise contract option for Smiths Detection chemical agent detectors

Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, has been awarded a £2.2 million contract to supply Lightweight Chemical Detectors (LCD) to the Norwegian Armed Forces. [weiter]

Smiths Detection awarded contract to protect Asian Games with chemical threat detection and analysis equipment

SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces it has received a contract to supply the Qatar Government with chemical detection equipment to help protect the Asian Games in Doha this year. The order includes the Lightweight Chemical Detector and HazmatID used for the identification of unknown substances. [weiter]

Smiths Detection helps HM Revenue and Customs tackle drug couriers from Ghana

Smith Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces it is providing an advanced narcotics detector to assist in a new project to tackle drugs smugglers coming to the UK from Ghana. [weiter]

Smiths Detection and Telops sign teaming agreement to develop optical chemical detection technology

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment has signed a teaming agreement with Telops Inc, a Canadian business developing and building optical systems for the aerospace and defence industries. [weiter]

New Material Fingerprinting System Wins Global Security Challenge

A new solution for reducing counterfeiting and authenticating and tracking goods and documents has won the Global Security Challenge. In the final of the international competition to find the most promising security start-up in the world, the $10,000 prize went to a British company formed only three years ago. [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins $222 million domestic nuclear detection office contract to develop portable next-generation radiation detectors

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of explosives trace and X-ray detection systems, today announces it has been awarded a contract with a potential total value, including options, of $222 million by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) to provide next-generation radiation detection and identification systems. [weiter]

Intelligence most powerful weapon in war on terror, survey finds

INTELLIGENCE is the most powerful defence against both international and home-grown terrorism, according to a new survey of some of the world's leading experts on terrorism. [weiter]

Smiths Detection displays new explosives detection technology

SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today displays a demonstration system that is undergoing trials with relevant authorities. [weiter]

Smiths launches a new people screening system Tadar detects objects hidden under clothing

SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today launches its latest technological innovation in people screening: Tadar. [weiter]

Smiths advanced x-ray equipment helps Peruvian authorities seize 900 kilos of narcotics

SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announced that its advanced mobile x-ray inspection equipment has helped Peruvian authorities seize one of the largest drug smuggling shipments in the country’s history. [weiter]

Smiths to supply advanced explosives trace portals to United States Registered Traveller programme

SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths, today announces it is supplying explosives detection walk-through portals as part of the US Government’s Registered Traveller (RT) programme. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Consortium Wins Major Security Systems Contract for Thai Airways Facilities at new Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok.

Smiths-EMC, a consortium led by Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of integrated intelligent security systems, today announced it has won a contract to supply a comprehensive integrated security system for Thai Airways at Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi Airport. [weiter]

Smiths x-ray equipment helps Caribbean authorities seize 40 million dollar of cocaine

Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces that its x-ray inspection equipment has helped officials in the Dominican Republic make their largest cocaine seizure. [weiter]

Smiths wins 71 million dollar US Government contract for explosives detectors

Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces it has won a contract to supply explosives trace detectors (ETD) to the US Government with a potential value of $71 million. [weiter]

Competition to discover new security technology announces five finalists

THE organisers of a competition to find some of the world’s most promising security technologies today named five finalists.

The Global Security Challenge (GSC) is organised by MBA students at the London Business School and sponsored by Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research and University College London. [weiter]

Smiths Supplies Lightweight Chemical Detector to Advanced CBRN Detection Robot

Smiths Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, has been selected by the US Army’s Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center to supply the Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD) for use with a new advanced reconnaissance robot. [weiter]

Smiths wins contract with HM Customs for drugs detectors

SMITHS Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today announced a contract with HM Customs and Excise for narcotics detection portal systems to be installed at UK airports.

The first two walk-through portals have been purchased by Customs to be deployed at Heathrow Airport and Manchester Airport following successful trials last year. [weiter]

New York Police Department purchases Smiths advanced portable explosives detection equipment

SMITHS Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today announced that the New York Police Department (NYPD) has purchased and deployed Smiths hand-held explosives detectors on the New York City subway system. [weiter]

Smiths wins Automatic Explosives Detection Systems contract for new Dubai terminal

SMITHS Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today announced that it has received its first substantial contract from Dubai’s Department of Civil Aviation to provide explosives detection equipment at Dubai International Airport’s (DXB) new Terminal 3 (T3), currently under construction. [weiter]

Smiths Detection to Supply X-ray Screening Equipment for Changi International Airport, Singapore

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of x-ray and trace detection systems, today announced it won a contract worth almost SGD 2 million to supply x-ray systems to the Singaporean Immigration Checkpoint Authority (ICA) at Changi International Airport. Under the contract, Smiths Detection will supply 45 HI-SCAN x-ray systems to screen carry-on luggage and oversize baggage. [weiter]

Smiths Detection receives $9.5 million Department of Defense contract for Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (icam) units

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced its Military unit has been awarded a delivery order for over 2,000 Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM) units. The contract from the US Department of Defense is valued at $9.5M. [weiter]

Smiths security equipment selected for trial on the Tube

Smiths Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today announced it is providing security equipment to the UK Department for Transport as part of the third phase of a pilot programme on the London Underground, starting today. [weiter]

Smiths Detection extends global operations to Russia with opening of new production facility in St Petersburg

SMITHS Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today announced the opening of a new production facility in St Petersburg, Russia operating as Smiths Heimann Rus. The new plant will assemble x-ray equipment and is also a base for both sales and technical support staff to serve the fast-growing Russian security market. [weiter]

Smiths Detection IONSCAN 500DT Receives TSA Certification for Explosives Trace Detection Systems (ETD)

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced its next-generation portable desktop trace detection system, the IONSCAN 500DT, has met the certification standards set by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) having successfully met its performance criteria for Explosives Trace Detection Systems (ETD). [weiter]

Smiths Detection explosives detection and chemical identifier products deployed in New York transit system

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of trace and X-ray detection systems, today announced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has purchased its explosive detection and chemical identification equipment for deployment in and around the MTA commuter rail system. [weiter]

Smiths introduces new hand-held chemical analyser for emergency responders in Europe

Smiths Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today introduced its latest chemical analysing system RespondeR RCI for emergency responders in Europe.

RespondeR, a hand-held analyser based on Raman spectroscopy, is a highly accurate device for the analysis of unidentified chemical substances including unknown liquids, powders and solids. [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins $8 million department of defense contract for next generation meteorological system for Marine Corps

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced its Military unit has been awarded an $8 million contract for Meteorological Mobile Facility Replacement Next Generation (METMF(R) NEXGEN). [weiter]

Smiths Detection receives $27.3 million Department of Defense contract for Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm (ACADA) units

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced its Military unit has been awarded a $27.3 million Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm (ACADA) contract from the Department of Defense, with a contract ceiling of $74 million over the next five years. [weiter]

Smiths security screening equipment selected for trial on the Tube

Smiths Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today announced it is providing security equipment to the UK Department for Transport as part of a pilot programme on the London Underground, starting today. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Signs Major Contract to Supply Carry-On Luggage Screening Equipment for Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of x-ray and trace detection systems, today announced it has signed a multi-million dollar contract to supply x-ray systems to Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Under the contract, part of the airport expansion project, Smiths Detection will supply 70 of its HI-SCAN 6040i systems to screen carry-on luggage. Delivery will be completed by May 2007. [weiter]

Smiths Detection awarded seventh contract option for the U.S. Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors and x-ray security screening equipment, announced its Military unit has been awarded seven contract options within the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program. [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins five year Department of Defense contract to provide Chemical Biological Protective Shelters

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced its Military unit has been awarded a contract to build Chemical Biological Protective Shelters, Model 3 (CBPS-M3) for the Department of Defense. [weiter]

Smiths Detection awarded $23 million U.S. Government contract for mobile high-energy x-ray systems

Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of X-ray and trace detection systems, today announced it has been awarded a $23 million U.S. Government contract for HCV Mobile II trucks, high-energy mobile cargo screening systems that will be deployed to several strategic ports throughout the country. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Creates First Mobile Security Screening Checkpoint in Partnership With TSWG and TSA PINE BROOK, N.J.

TSA to Begin Pilot Testing MSC 40 at Maryland MARC Station; Customizable, Container-Based Mobile Checkpoint Enables Deployment of Security Screening at Nearly Any Location. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Scientific offers application focused technologies to non-security commercial sectors

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of trace detection and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced it is focusing efforts to better serve the scientific and laboratory sectors through Smiths Detection Scientific. [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins cargo screening contract from Belgian Customs

Smiths Detection has used its world-leading expertise in x-ray detection technology to develop a system that will distinguish between organic and non-organic materials in cargo. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Launches Upgraded Explosive Detection Walk-Through Trace Portal

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of trace detection and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced it will be introducing an optimized Sentinel II explosive detection walk-through trace portal with both detection and compressed-air supply incorporated into a single device. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Cargo Screening Equipment Increases Security at Abu Dhabi International Airport

With the target of further upgrading the handling facilities at its Abu Dhabi hub, Abu Dhabi Airport Services has purchased a Silhouette Scan CAB 2000 X-ray inspection system from Smiths Detection to further increase security within the cargo supply chain. [weiter]

Smiths Detection deploys explosive detection walk-through trace portal at Sacramento International Airport

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced three of its Sentinel II explosive detection walk-through trace portals have been deployed at the Sacramento International Airport (SMF). [weiter]

Smiths Detection-Livewave enhances Rhode Island port security with advanced wireless communications network

Smiths Detection-LiveWave, a leading developer of intelligent surveillance solutions for mission-critical security applications, announced it has been awarded a contract to engineer and deploy a prototype security solution for the Rhode Island Port Security Wireless Communications Network (RIPSWCN). [weiter]

Smiths Detection deploys explosive detection walk-through trace portal at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and X-ray security screening equipment, announced its Sentinel II explosive detection walk-through trace portal has been deployed at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT). [weiter]

Smiths Detection announces deployment of explosive detection walk-through trace portals at two Washington D.C. Airportstest presse

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and X-ray security screening equipment, announced the deployments of its Sentinel II explosive detection walk-through trace portals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). [weiter]

Smiths Detection Security Technology Selected as Core Element of New Siemens Airport Center

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced that it has provided all security systems for people screening, carry-on baggage inspection and automatic explosives detection in checked baggage for the new Siemens Airport Center (SAC) in Bislohe near Nuremberg, Germany. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Ireland Wins Major European Innovation Award

Smiths Detection Ireland has taken major international honours in winning the Grand Prix du Jury prize at the European Grand Prix for Innovation Awards, held recently in Monaco. This annual prize, first awarded in 1994, promotes applied research in European industry and is considered by many as the 'Nobel Prize' in the European field of research and development [weiter]

Smiths Detection Product Inspection moves into a new era

Smiths Detection Product Inspection is the world leader in the use of advanced x-ray imaging technology to ensure product integrity during food processing. Its rapid growth has been underlined in recent weeks with the move of its US-based global headquarters to a larger facility, in Tennessee, and the opening of a new facility in the UK, serving Europe's largest concentration of food manufacturers [weiter]

Smiths Detection X-ray business, Smiths Heimann, consolidates its commitment to serve Italian Customs

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, has announced a major service contract awarded to its specialist X-ray business Smiths Heimann, marking a significant increase in the level of co-operation with the Italian Customs authority Agenzia delle Dogane. [weiter]

Smiths Detection acquisition of LiveWave adds new technologies for product integration and security network management

Smiths Detection today announced the acquisition of LiveWave Inc, a U.S. company that has developed software systems which network large numbers of sensors and video cameras with connections to remote viewing and recording stations. [weiter]

Smiths Detection opens specialist UK centre for Product Inspection business, in Grimsby

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of x-ray inspection equipment, has announced the opening of its specialist UK Product Inspection Centre on 7 November 2005 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. The new 4000 sq ft. facility is intended to serve as a centre of excellence to support UK and Irish customers for the company's Eagle x-ray range. [weiter]

Smiths Detection presents Tadar - a new people screening system based on millimetre-wave technology – at Inter Airport Europe 2005

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of x-ray and trace detection equipment, today unveiled its latest technological innovation for people screening applications called Tadar at the Inter Airport Europe show 2005. [weiter]

Smiths Detection introduces HI-SCAN 6040 aTiX for automatic explosives detection in carry-on baggage

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today introduced its latest product development for carry-on baggage inspection, the new HI-SCAN 6040aTiX. 6040aTiX is a high-peformance multi-view X-ray inspection system that automatically detects and pinpoints explosives in carry-on baggage in real-time. [weiter]

Smiths Detection announces substantial orders for X-ray inspection equipment from Turkey and Sultanate of Oman

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced the receipt of substantial orders for its HI-SCAN X-ray inspection systems and Heimann Cargo Vision, HCV-Mobile 3.8 MeV, equipment from Turkey and the Sultanate of Oman. [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins Contract for Drugs and Explosives Screening Equipment in two Australian Prisons

Corrections Victoria, responsible for management of the Australian state's prison and corrections system, has selected Smiths Detection to provide Sentinel II and Ionscan 500DT drug and explosive detection equipment for two Melbourne prisons. [weiter]

Smiths Detection latest trace detection technologies become key security component for Corrections Victoria

Corrections Victoria, responsible for management of the Australian state's prison and corrections system, has selected Smiths Detection to provide Sentinel II and Ionscan 500DT drug and explosive detection equipment for two Melbourne prisons. [weiter]

Smiths Detection opens Dubai office to support growing Middle Eastern business

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced the opening of a new office in Dubai, operating as Smiths Detection ME FZE, providing a base for both sales and technical support staff. [weiter]

Smiths Detection appoints Damian Tracey as Managing Director of Watford operations

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and X-ray security screening equipment, has announced the appointment of Damian Tracey as Managing Director of Smiths Detection - Watford. [weiter]

Smiths Detection and Patlon win follow-on order to equip Stryker vehicle with chemical agent detector kits

Smiths Detection has teamed with Patlon Aircraft & Industries Limited of Toronto, to win new contracts for more than 420 chemical detector vehicle assembly kits for the Stryker vehicle produced by General Dynamics Land Systems. [weiter]

Improving aviation security

From U.S. Congress
Rep. John Linder (R-GA) chaired the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity hearing on "Leveraging Technology to Improve Airport Security." [weiter]

Smiths Heimann Biometrics and Cross Match Technologies to join forces

Smiths Group plc announced today that it intends to combine Smiths Heimann Biometrics GmbH (“SHB”) with Florida-based biometrics business Cross Match Technologies Inc. (“Cross Match”). SHB was acquired in 2002 as a part of the larger Heimann Systems acquisition. [weiter]

Smiths Detection teams with Michael Stapleton Associates for immediate expert advice on threats to U.S. critical infrastructure

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and x-ray security screening equipment, has entered into a relationship with Michael Stapleton Associates (MSA), the industry’s premier explosive detection security company. [weiter]

Smiths Detection forms strategic partnership with Paladin Capital Group

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of trace detection and x-ray security screening equipment, said that it has formed a strategic partnership with Paladin Capital Group, a private equity investment firm based in Washington D.C. The relationship aligns Smiths Detection with a partner focused on investing in homeland security technology businesses. [weiter]

Smiths closes acquisition of ETI Technology Inc.

Smiths Group plc has closed the deal to acquire ETI Technology, Inc. the bio technology specialist company. The terms of the agreement are unchanged from the announcement of the planned acquisition, made on May 17, 2005. [weiter]

Smiths Detection provides new answer to radioactive threats in cargo shipments

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, has developed Radetect, a new detection system for radioactive materials hidden in trucks and containers. [weiter]

Smiths Detection receives production order from U.S. Army for next-generation Meteorological Measuring System

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and x-ray security screening equipment, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Army for full-rate production of a next-generation upper atmospheric measuring system that is used to increase the accuracy of field artillery. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Announces first order of 25 Sentinel II Explosive Detection Trace Portals from the Transportation Security Administration

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and x-ray security screening equipment, today announced the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has purchased its Sentinel II explosive detection walk-through trace portals. [weiter]

Handover ceremony for Smiths Detection Lightweight Chemical Agent Detector marks entry into service with UK MoD

In a ceremony today at Smiths Detection, Watford, the first Lightweight Chemical Agent Detector (LCAD) to enter service with the British Army, was handed over to the Ministry of Defence. Under a contract worth some £20 million, Smiths Detection is now delivering the latest chemical warfare agent detection equipment for UK troops, from Watford, Herts, where LCAD was designed and developed. [weiter]

Smiths Detection selected to supply Japan's first biological agent detection system

Smiths Detection announced today that it has been selected by the Ground Staff Office of the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) to supply specialist biological warfare agent detection systems. This contract meets the initial requirement in a long-term programme by the JDA. [weiter]

Smiths Detection’s Sabre 4000 awarded 'Product of the Year' in Chemical Detection Market

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection and x-ray security screening equipment, today announced that its Sabre4000, a next-generation handheld detector, has been awarded the '2005 Product of the Year Award' in the Chemical Detection market by Frost & Sullivan. [weiter]

Smiths acquires bio technology company, ETI Technology Inc.

Smiths Group plc announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ETI Technology, Inc., a small, privately owned company that has developed techniques for the detection of harmful biological agents. The successful application of ETI's techniques will add new capabilities to the activities of the Smiths Detection division in both military and civil markets. [weiter]

"Eagle Combo ready for take-off"

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection systems, today launched its latest product innovation for the food and packaging industries - the Smiths Heimann Eagle Combo - at Interpack 2005 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Being a member of the renowned Eagle family, the new Eagle Combo combines check-weighing and metal detection capabilities in one system. [weiter]

Smiths Detection - Edgewood Awarded Contract Option for the US Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of chemical and biological detection and X-ray security screening equipment, has been awarded a contract option for additional detectors in support of continued testing by the US Army in support of the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program. [weiter]

Smiths Detection and DeltaNu form partnership to introduce Raman Hand-Held Chemical Analyzer for emergency responders

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of detection equipment, has formed a strategic partnership with DeltaNu to introduce a hand-held Raman spectroscopy system that will be used to identify unknown chemical substances. [weiter]

British Army front line troops to get new chemical detector

The latest chemical warfare agent detection equipment for UK troops has been accepted into service by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Following this important milestone in the Lightweight Chemical Agent Detectors (LCAD) programme, Watford-based Smiths Detection will begin deliveries under a contract worth some £20 million. [weiter]

Smiths Detection unveils innovative mobile security checkpoint for screening individuals and personal items

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today introduced an innovative Mobile Security Checkpoint, called MSC 20, that is designed to screen individuals as well as personal items. Russia is the first country to order the integrated security checkpoint that houses multiple technologies within one secure 20 ft. (6 metre) container. [weiter]

U.S. Department of Defense awards Smiths Detection Watford $56 million contract modification for chemical agent detector

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, has been awarded contract modifications worth more than $56 million by the US Department of Defense, for the supply of Automatic Chemical Agent Detector/Alarms (ACADA). [weiter]

Smiths Detection receives substantial order from Brazil for new HI-SCAN X-ray system

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced the receipt of a substantial order from Brazil for 44 of its new compact HI-SCAN 5030si X-ray systems. [weiter]

Hi-tech security scanners installed for President's EU visit

Security measures for the first visit by a US President to the European Union in Brussels will be enhanced by the use of the latest explosives detection equipment used in aviation security. [weiter]

Smiths strengthens detection activities with acquisition of Farran Technology

Smiths Group plc announced today that it is expanding the range of technologies offered by its rapidly growing Detection division, with the acquisition of Farran Technology Limited. Farran, based in the Republic of Ireland, is developing millimetre wave technologies for the detection of hidden weapons and explosives and for other applications. [weiter]

Smiths Detection installs explosive detection walk-through portal at Baltimore-Washington International Airport

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection equipment, today announced it has been selected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to field test its Sentinel II, an explosive detection walk-through portal, at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). [weiter]

Smiths Detection introduces upgraded walk-through trace portal that screens for explosives on passengers

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection equipment, today announced the introduction of an upgraded walk-through trace portal system used to automatically screen for explosives on airline passengers and visitors to highly secure sites, such as nuclear facilities. [weiter]

Smiths Detection receives $6million X-ray equipment order for Alger International Airport

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced the receipt of an order valued at more than US $ 6 million to supply X-ray systems to screen checked and carry-on baggage at Houari Boumediene International Airport located near Algeria’s capital Alger. [weiter]

Smiths Detection to provide Explosive Detection Walk-through Trace Portal at Jacksonville International Airport

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of trace detection equipment, today announced it has been selected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to field test its explosive detection walk-through portal, called the Sentinel II, at the Jacksonville International Airport. The TSA will be evaluating the system’s performance and its impact on terminal operations. [weiter]

Smiths Heimann Biometrics and AssureTec Sign MOU for Next-Generation I.D.-Validation Systems

Smiths Heimann Biometrics GmbH (SHB), a company of the Detection Division of the British Smiths Group plc., and AssureTec Systems, Inc. (ATS) of Manchester, N.H., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins contract for automatic baggage inspection systems at Senegalese Dakar Airport

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today announced it has been awarded a contract by Leopold Sedar Senghor Dakar Airport (LSS) in the West-African nation of Senegal to deliver its HI-SCAN 10080 2is system for the automated detection of explosives in passenger baggage. [weiter]

Smiths Detection unveils next generation desktop detection system for explosives and narcotics

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection equipment, today introduced a next generation portable desktop trace detection system called the Ionscan 500DT. The advanced instrument is capable of simultaneously detecting microscopic amounts of more than forty types of narcotic and forty types of explosive substances. [weiter]

Smiths Detection participates in TSA Cargo Screening pilot program

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading provider of x-ray and trace detection equipment, announced it is participating in a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) pilot program to evaluate explosive detection technologies to screen cargo boarded on passenger aircraft. [weiter]

Smiths Detection to showcase mobile, High-Energy Cargo Screening System in the U.S.

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection systems, said it will showcase a high-energy mobile cargo screening system, called HCV-Mobile, that can scan more than 25 loaded trucks and containers per hour. Beginning in January 2005, the system will be tested and exhibited in select U.S. ports and evaluation centers. [weiter]

Smiths Detection wins contracts valued at more than EUR 10 million (AuD17m) to equip three Australian airports

Smiths Detection, the world's leading supplier of trace detection and x-ray screening equipment, has been formally advised that it has won contracts valued at more than EUR 10 million / 17 million Australian dollars, to supply advanced technology security equipment for three of Australia's leading airports. [weiter]

Royal Netherlands Army selects Smiths Detection to fulfil chemical detection requirement

Smiths Detection, the world's leading supplier of trace detection equipment, has been awarded a major contract to supply more than 150 GID-M chemical agent detectors to the Royal Netherlands Army. The equipment was selected as part of for the ACADS (Automatic Chemical Agent Detection System) programme. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Awarded Contract for Automatic Explosive Detection Equipment for London Luton Airport

Smiths Detection, the world’s leading supplier of X-ray and trace detection equipment, has been selected to provide automatic explosive detection equipment to London Luton Airport for its new baggage handling facility. Further advanced X-ray equipment will also be provided for screening passengers' hand baggage. [weiter]

Smiths Detection to provide explosive detection walk-through portal at New York's JFK airport

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of trace detection equipment, today announced it has been selected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to test its explosive detection walk-through portal, Sentinel II, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The Sentinel will be installed in Terminal 1, which houses several international carriers. [weiter]

Smiths Detection announces order from the Transportation Security Administration

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of trace detection equipment, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for its Sentinel II explosive detection walk-through portals. The company received an initial order from the TSA for five portals, with an option for an undisclosed number of additional machines in the future. [weiter]

Smiths Detection launches new compact X-ray inspection system. HI-SCAN 5030si provides high quality aviation security screening now designed for facility applications.

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection systems today launched the new HI-SCAN 5030si. [weiter]

Smiths Detection launches new X-ray inspection system

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and trace detection systems today launched the new HI-SCAN 6046si, representing the next generation in security screening equipment. [weiter]

Mexican Customs Awards Contract to Smiths Detection for X-ray equipment

Smiths Detection has been awarded a contract to deliver a total of 55 Smiths Heimann HI-SCAN 100100T and several Smiths Heimann HI-SCAN 145180 systems to the Mexican Customs. [weiter]

Smiths Detection provides high-speed document scanners for TSA pilot program at four major U.S. Airports

Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of trace detection equipment, today announced it has been selected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to participate in a multi-airport pilot program. [weiter]

Smiths Detection Receives Major Contract for X-ray Security Screening at Korean Airports

Smiths Detection, the world's leading supplier o