TSA, Army test bomb detector.

• Author: Magnuson, Stew
• Position: SECURITY BEAT: Homeland Defense Briefs

The Transportation Security Agency, along with the Army and at least one domestic public transit system, are among those exploring the use of neutron-based sensors to detect bombs, biochemical agents or illicit drugs sealed in metal.

Irvine, Calif.-based High Energy Technologies, Inc. recently received a $338,668 contract to integrate a stoichiometric CarBomb Finder on the Army's SmarTruck platform, that is being field tested this year at the Army Tank--Automotive and Armaments Command, in Warren, Mich.

TSA also has asked the company to produce a proof of concept to incorporate the...