Edgewood, MD, – Smiths Detection has supplied the Pittsburgh UASI Urban Area Working Group with 15 SABRE 5000 handheld trace detectors, first used to help protect attendees and participants at the Pittsburgh Marathon on 5 May, 2013. The SABRE 5000 is the smallest, lightest tri-mode handheld system available for detecting trace amounts of explosives, chemical […]

WILMINGTON, MA — Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has opened a representative office in Shanghai, China. The new office, which will operate as American Implant Sciences, Shanghai Representative Office, better positions the Company to work closely with […]

Watford, UK, – The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has formally approved Smiths Detection’s Multi-Mode Threat Detector (MMTD) as an explosives trace detection system to inspect cabin and hold baggage, cargo and passengers. The DFT approval has been granted for particulate mode. The MMTD is a rugged, portable hand-held system designed for the rapid detection […]

Toronto, Canada, – Smiths Detection has started delivery of more than 100 advanced explosives trace detection systems to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA). Deployment of the IONSCAN 500DTs at a number of Canadian airports is due to be completed later this month. The desktop systems will complement Smiths Detection’s advanced X-ray scanners, already […]

Edgewood, MD, – Smiths Detection has completed a new Training & Service Center for the Americas at its U.S. headquarters in Edgewood, Maryland. This major facility will greatly improve product training and service capabilities for customers throughout both continents, helping them maximize the use of Smiths Detection systems as part of an overall layered approach […]