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NyTimes: DHS to rip out old detectors and put in new ones

U.S. to Spend Billions More to Alter Security Systems

The articles says,

• problems identified with radiation monitors deployed are prompting an upgrade of these systems.
• false positives and lack of discrimination are causing alarms to be ignored.
• Officials are saying these systems were deployed in a rush post-9/11, perhaps for deterrence, and whether they worked wasn't as high a priority.

147 puff detectors to be installed by January 2006, SFO 11th in line

New SFO detector sniffs out traces of explosives Passenger steps ...
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
A state-of-the art explosives detector was installed at one of San Francisco International Airport's passenger checkpoints Thursday, one of the first to go ...

MIT develops super-ensitive explosive detector

Capable of detecting RDX...

Super-sensitive explosive detector developed
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
The new detector, which works at a distance, could potentially be used to identify suicide bombers or find explosive booby-traps, the researchers suggest. ...

$33 million order for airport explosives detection

L-3 Receives $33 Million Explosives Detection System Order
SecurityInfoWatch (press release) - Arlington Heights,IL,USA
L-3 Communications Security & Detection has received a $33 million order from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the company's eXaminer 3DX ...

SFO earmarks $12.5 million out of $81 million for new explosive detection

SFO GETS NEW FUNDING FOR SECURITY, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
KPIX-TV 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... One of the most significant projects includes $12.6 million for the last phase of the airport's in-line explosive detection system for domestic terminals ...

Explosive detector stronger than dog's noses

UA creates stronger explosives detector:
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[Technology News]: SAN DIEGO, March 14 : The University of Arizona has been developing an explosives detector that is about 1,000 times more sensitive than ...

Hawaii airports get $9.5 million for explosives detection

Hawaii airports get funding to buy bomb-detection equipment
USA Today - USA
... "Screening in Kona is woefully inadequate and that airport has been crying for additional (explosive detection system) machines for the past two years -- thus ...

Newark and JFK to test "puff-detector" for explosives by Reveal Technologies

TSA to test new explosives screening devices
USA Today - USA
At Gulfport-Biloxi, the airport will install the Reveal CT-80 Explosive Detection System, made by Reveal Imaging Technologies of Bedford, Mass. ...

Puff-detection being tested at airports

A detection technique that uses "puffs" of air to detect explosives is being tested at an airport in DC. The machine manufactured by Smiths Detection costs $125-150K.

Airports try new bomb-detection device
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... Smiths Detection, a Pine Brook, NJ, technology company, supplied TSA with the explosives detector at BWI. It costs between $125,000 to $150,000. ...

In-vehicle bomb detection system

Curious...

"The Talos device was developed as an under car booby trap detection system and is already used by security personnel around the world, he explained. It is designed to give the user a warning if a magnetically attached explosive device is concealed on the vehicle.

When installed the system protects by means of eight sensors concealed throughout the vehicle to give complete coverage. When a device is attached to the vehicle, a discreet light warns that the vehicle has been subject to attack, and an alarm can also be sent via an SMS text message to up to three mobile phones, providing the user with the added security of remote alarm warnings. The system costs £2,000-£3,000 (€3,000-€4,500) to install.

A new-generation device – provisionally named Rumur – is in development and should be able to pick up not just magnetic devices but any interference with a vehicle, for example if its brakes were tampered with. "

Terrorist fears drive bomb detector sales in pharma
in-PharmaTechnologist - Montpellier,France
08/02/2005 - A UK company is finding that the pharmaceutical industry is a lucrative new market for its under vehicle bomb detector, now that terrorist attacks ...