Smiths Detection to Build Radiation ID System for DHS; Stephen Esposito Comments

Smiths Detection has been awarded a five-year, $1.27 million contract to supply a radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security.

The company will deliver its RadSeeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Smiths Detection said Wednesday.

“Under a competitively-awarded contract RadSeeker was developed in cooperation with the DHS to help keep our country safe from the threat of nuclear and radiological proliferation,” said Stephen Esposito, interim president of SDI.

RadSeeker works to distinguish radiological and nuclear threats from naturally-occurring radiation in order to identify a source’s material.