Triple contract for Smiths Detection

, a division of Smiths Group, has been awarded three two-year contracts totalling $58.3m from a US Government agency for high-energy cargo screening solutions.

Solutions that Smiths Detection will provide under the contracts include three different X-ray screening configurations, which will be used to inspect inbound and outbound shipping containers and trucks: the HCV Mobile, HCV Gantry and HCV Pass-Through systems.

Although the HCV Mobile and HCV Gantry will be deployed in the US, Smiths Detection has not disclosed where HCV Pass-Through, a system still in development, will be used.

‘These detection systems will be used to secure ports by rapidly assisting in the identification of potentially life-threatening or illegal shipments,’ said Stephen Phipson, group managing direct of Smiths Detection.

The HCV Mobile is an entirely mobile unit with an X-ray scan that Smiths Detection says is able to penetrate steel up to 280mm and produce high-resolution images.