The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded a contract for over $4 million to Smiths Detection to supply IONSCAN 500 DT explosives trace detection systems, to airports across the U.S.

RESTON, Va., Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) B220-HT explosive trace detection (ETD) system has achieved G1 Standard certification ahead of the European Civil Aviation ...

DHS S&T puts special focus on airport security checkpoints. (AZ-BLT/EnvatoElements photo) The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has always placed a special focus on aviation security. That’s ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210121 discusses label-free trace detection of bio-molecules by liquid-interface assisted surface-enhanced Raman scattering using ...

WATFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection announces the launch of TRACE-PRO, a compact and ruggedised, non-radioactive Explosives Trace Detector (ETD) designed for mobile screening.

Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 explosives trace detector has obtained European Civil Aviation Conference/European Union (ECAC/EU) G1 approval for its new Control Parameter (CP) set. The approval ...

L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has agreed to purchase the explosive trace detection business assets of Implant Sciences for $117.5 million cash in a push to expand the former’s portfolio of security ...

Scientists have developed an artificial dog nose that mimics the 'active sniffing' of dogs and can increase vapor detection up to 16-fold. By mimicking how dogs get their whiffs, a team of government ...

Astrotech Corporation announced the launch of its enhanced TRACER 1000™ Narcotics Trace Detector, developed by its subsidiary 1st Detect, which targets the detection of synthetic opiates and novel ...