Smiths Detection is set to start producing solid liquid adapters for the Department of Defense's joint chemical agent detection system under a $90.8M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an ordering period of nine years.

Smiths Detection has been awarded a potential 15-year, $379M contract from the Customs and Border Protection to supply X-ray machines designed to inspect a train for hazardous items when passing through checkpoints.

Smiths Detection has concluded its acquisition of Baltimore, Md.-based pathogen detection technology provider PathSensors one month after the deal was initially announced.

Smiths Detection has agreed to purchase Baltimore, Md.-based environmental testing and biotechnology company PathSensors for an undisclosed sum in an move to expand technology offerings for detecting chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats.

Smiths Detection won a potential $96.8M contract to supply computed tomography screening systems for the Transportation Security Administration. The company will produce 300 CT scanners and ancillary equipment to help agency personnel detect potential threats in travelers’ carry-on luggage, TSA said Thursday. TSA plans to begin deploying the machines at …

Smiths Detection has received a potential $291M contract from the Department of Homeland Security to supply a checkpoint technology designed to detect radiation emitting materials. The company said Monday it will provide radiation portal monitors to the DHS’ Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. RPMs work by …

Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems and Smiths Detection have each won a potential 10-year contract from the U.S. Army to develop platforms designed to detect aerosols, threat vapors and other chemical agents. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says Chemring received a potential $838.5M contract and Smiths Detection a potential $667.3M …

Smiths Detection has named Tim Piccotti vice president and general manager of the Americas Military and Emergency Responder business units. He will continue to supervise the production of products for the DoD relating to chemical agent defense. He will also oversee other CBRN solutions. Mal Maginnis, president of Global Military …

Smiths Group has agreed to purchase Safran’s Morpho Detection subsidiary in the U.S. and other detection-related operations for approximately $710 million. The companies said Thursday Newark, California-based Morpho Detection will join Smith Group’s detection segment that makes sensors and generated approximately $320 million in 2015 revenue. Morpho Detection builds systems to detect chemical, biological, …

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has awarded three separate sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL), Morpho Detection and Reveal Imaging Technologies to produce and install explosive detection systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says L3 will manufacture eXaminer 6700 Medium Speed EDS under a five-year, …