Portable machine detects explosives in luggage.

• Author: Beidel, Eric
• Position: Defense Technology Newswire

* In the airport, at the office park, on a subway platform--an unattended bag often leads to the deployment of a bomb squad.

EADS North America has announced that it will work with the U.S. Navy to refine a portable device aimed at detecting explosives in unattended luggage. The system can identify the presence and location of chemical, radiological and explosive threats in ordnance, parcels and luggage, officials said.

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The Unattended Luggage Inspection System weighs less than (75) pounds and consists of just two elements--a detection device and a laptop computer. "With the push of a button [teams using it can] identify and characterize material threats concealed in everyday objects," EADS North...