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$24.8 MILLION TSA ORDER WILL PLACE REVEAL CT-80 EXPLOSIVES DETECTION SYSTEMS IN U.S. AIRPORTS; Reveal Imaging Technologies signs three-year contract with TSA for next-generation EDS systems.


BEDFORD, Mass. -- Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced security inspection systems, announced today that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA TSA

See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA).
) placed a $24.8 million order for its CT-80 automated Explosives Detection Systems (EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. ) for airport checked baggage as part of a three-year IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement)  (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity) contract.

The TSA procurement contract will allow rapid deployment of Reveal CT-80 systems, a next-generation reduced-size EDS, in U.S. airports. The Reveal CT-80 is the smallest, lightest and least expensive EDS system in production, enabling the TSA to quickly bring EDS screening capability to airports of all sizes.

The Reveal CT-80, developed under the TSA's "Phoenix" next-generation EDS development program, revolutionizes the total luggage inspection process with a unique and innovative small system. Reveal's CT-80 offers airports and the TSA new flexibility in deploying EDS, with a solution small enough to be integrated into an airline check-in desk or kiosk, placed at curbside check-in, or in the lobby, anywhere checked baggage screening is required.

"We are eager to support TSA's plans to optimize checked baggage screening at airports around the country, " said Michael Ellenbogen, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Reveal Imaging Technologies. "The CT-80 can be rolled into an airport and operating in hours without any major changes to airport infrastructure, a multi-million dollar cost savings for most airports."

The Reveal Imaging CT-80 EDS uses proven Computed Tomography Computed tomography (CT scan)
X rays are aimed at slices of the body (by rotating equipment) and results are assembled with a computer to give a three-dimensional picture of a structure.
 (CT) technology configured in a new and innovative way to shrink the size, cost and weight of the system. The dual-energy CT scans the entire bag. Using measurements such as density and atomic number atomic number, often represented by the symbol Z, the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, as well as the number of electrons in the neutral atom. Atoms with the same atomic number make up a chemical element. , the CT-80 optimizes detection while reducing the number of false alarms.

The CT-80 passed rigorous TSA certification testing in December 2004 and has been successfully field-tested in pilot programs at John F. Kennedy International Airport
''For the regional airport in Wisconsin, see John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport.


John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK
 in New York, Newark International in Newark, NJ and Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (IATA: GPT, ICAO: KGPT) is a public airport located in northern Gulfport near Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, USA. In 2006, 797,845 total passengers utilized the airport, a 3.5% increase over 2005.  in Gulfport, MS.

First shipments of the systems will begin this quarter and continue into 2006. The TSA is in the process of identifying the airports that will receive the systems.

About Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc.

Headquartered in Bedford, MA, privately held Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., is one of only three companies to successfully pass the TSA's rigorous certification process for automated explosive detection systems (EDS). Reveal's solution is significantly more cost and space efficient than current EDS systems.

Reveal brings together security imaging experts with over 100 years of cumulative experience designing, developing and deploying EDS for airport and facility security.
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