Smiths Detection wins $20 Million in Contracts for Security Equipment at Qatar’s New International Airport – Multi-level screening solution used for outbound baggage, X-ray systems for checkpoints

Wiesbaden, Germany, 25 June 2009 – SMITHS Detection today announced contracts totalling more than $20 million to provide automatic explosives detection equipment and checkpoint X-ray security solutions at Qatar’s New Doha International Airport (NDIA), currently under construction. The security system integration project is scheduled to be completed by late 2011.

More than a dozen Smiths Heimann HI-SCAN automatic explosives detection x-ray screening systems will be integrated into the state of-the-art baggage handling system to scan both check-in and transfer baggage at NDIA. Smiths Detection equipment was chosen because of its outstanding system performance and image quality.

In co-operation with local agent Qatar Security Systems, Smiths Detection also won a contract to supply and install over 150 X-ray inspection systems used at NDIA checkpoints for cabin and oversize baggage screening.

Stephen Phipson, President of Smiths Detection, said: “We are delighted to have been selected to help protect this important new airport and anticipate that these contracts are only the start of Smiths Detection’s involvement as the NDIA expands in phases, eventually to handle around 40 million passengers a year.”

The Qatar contracts are the latest in a series won by Smiths Detection. Its 100% hold baggage screening technology is deployed in major international airports in Dubai, India, Scandinavia, Spain, and Germany.

Smiths Detection https://www.smithsdetection.com/ offers advanced security solutions in civil and military markets worldwide, developing and making government-regulated technology products that identify explosives, chemical and biological agents, weapons, and contraband. It is part of Smiths Group https://www.smiths.com/, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 22,000 people in more than 50 countries.

The NDIA is being constructed near the city of Doha to meet the projected sharp increase in demand for air travel in the region. When finished, it will be around 12 times larger than the old airport with the capacity to handle 40 million passengers and 750,000 tonnes of cargo annually.