Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have teamed up to bid for a US Transportation Safety Agency (TSA) contract to manage the procurement, installation and support of thousands of explosives detection system (EDS) machines at 429 US airports. The TSA has until 31 December to ensure that 100% of US-checked baggage is scanned by EDS machines - a deadline many observers believe it will miss. The agency has ordered up to 600 systems from InVision Technologies and L-3 Communications and secured temporary licences to allow other manufacturers to build the machines.
Source: Flight International
