Homeland Security Awards OSI Systems Contract for WMD Detection Equipment

(MoneyWatch)  RTTNews reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded OSI Systems a contract to finish the development of a system to detect Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This enhanced system utilizing their proprietary technology will after testing be installed on existing OSI systems to scan shipping containers and trucks at U.S. ports. This contract is worth about $2 million. The need for sophisticated automatic systems at ports is critical due to the high volume of containers moving into the country. About everything that is shipped into and out of the U.S. is now loaded into containers and a detection system that can work from the outside will make securing that threat easier. More about OSI Systems can be found here.