Analogic confirms development of a new CT scanner for Lockheed Martin's Explosives Detection System.

PEABODY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1996--Bernard M. Gordon, chairman of the board and CEO of Analogic Corp. (NASDAQ:ALOG) today confirmed that Analogic, as noted in the company's third quarter interim report, is designing an innovative computed tomography (CT) scanner to be incorporated into a high- performance Explosives Detection System (EDS) to scan checked luggage at airports.

Earlier this year Analogic entered into a development and supply contract with Lockheed Martin Speciality Components of Largo, Fla., to provide a new class of CT explosives detection scanner for Lockheed Martin's eXaminer 3DX 6000 System. This effort is jointly funded by an FAA grant and company contribution.

The eXaminer is expected to perform a three-dimensional analysis of each bag and its entire contents in approximately 5.5 seconds, providing a luggage throughput rate averaging 675 bags per hour, with the potential to process 900 bags per hour. As explained by Patricia Krall, Lockheed Martin Speciality Components' program manager for the eXaminer, "The distinct advantage of our system is a full three-dimensional image, created by continuous CT slices instead of two-dimensional X-ray with selected CT slices."

The new CT explosives detection scanner will apply certain technologies developed by Analogic during the past several years in its mobile CT scanner program and will also incorporate new high- speed, dual-energy, multi-ray, X-ray techniques that the company had conceived and for which patents are pending. The dual-energy feature is expected to enhance the ability to discriminate between explosives and nonexplosives. It is anticipated that the system will exceed the detection rates required by the FAA and that false alarm levels will be lower than those specified by the FAA.

The CT portion of the eXaminer system is presently under development by Analogic. A prototype of the eXaminer, which is expected to contribute significantly to improving air travel safety and security around the world, is planned to be ready for initial testing at the FAA Technical Center in mid-1997.

For more information, please contact Paul Roberts at [phone], Ext. 3213; fax [phone]; or write to Analogic Corp., 8 Centennial Dr., Peabody, Mass. 01960.

Analogic Corp., headquartered in Peabody, Mass., is a leader in advanced data conversion and computer-based signal processing instruments and systems. Analogic also designs and manufactures test and measurement instrumentation, industrial process control equipment, array processors, and imaging systems, and is a major supplier of medical electronics subsystems and systems.

CONTACT: Analogic Corp.

Paul Roberts, 508/977-3000