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in Contract Awards, News
Synapse to Help Air Force Evaluate Potential AI Integration in IED Detection Systems
Synapse Technology has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force to study the possibility of integrating artificial intelligence into machines used to help military personnel detect improvised explosive devices at base security checkpoints.
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in Industry News, News
BAE to Develop Nanoelectronic Circuit Analysis Tool for Air Force
BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integrated technology solutions business has won a three-year, $9.1 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force create an analysis tool to image minimum size circuit features on a silicon integrated circuit chip. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will develop the tool as part of the Rapid Analysis of Various Emerging NanoElectrons […] More
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in Industry News, News
Falcon Group Taps Smiths Detection to Supply Egypt Airport Security Systems
Smiths Detection has secured $24.8 million in contracts from Egyptian security company Falcon Group to provide advanced detection systems for installation at airports across Egypt. Smiths Detection said Wednesday it will provide HI-SCAN 6040aTiX, HI-SCAN 6040-2is HR, HI-SCAN 100100T-2is, HI-SCAN 145180-2is and IONSCAN 600 platforms for Egyptian airport security personnel to detect explosives at passenger checkpoints. The contract also covers the provision of CIP-300 and […] More
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Sivananthan Laboratories Unit, NASA Launch X-Ray Astronomy Satellite
NASA has launched an X-ray astronomy satellite equipped with an imaging technology developed by EPIR Technologies Inc., a Sivananthan Laboratories company. EPIR built the imaging system for ASTRO-H’s soft X-ray spectrometer designed to measure the energy of soft X-rays in order to view astronomical phenomena, Sivananthan Laboratories said Thursday. “We are honored to have worked […] More
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FDA OKs Siemens Twin Robotic X-Ray System; Martin Silverman Comments
Siemens‘ healthcare unit has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for the company’s twin robotic X-ray system. The Multitom Robotic Advanced X-ray platform is designed to generate three-dimensional images in various clinical examinations such as radiography, angiography, fluoroscopy and orthopedics, Siemens said Sunday. The imaging system has an adjustable table for patients and two robotic arms […] More
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Leidos Orders Smiths Detection-Built Airport Security Supplies for TSA; Terry Gibson Comments
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
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in Healthcare IT, News
Carestream Health Inks $70M DoD Medical Imaging Tech Extension
Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More