Department of Homeland Security Contracts with AMETEK for Prototypes of Advanced Portal Monitor System; Two Systems for Identifying Illicit Nuclear Materials Set for Delivery This Summer.OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States has extended its contract with the ORTEC ORTEC Oak Ridge Technical Enterprises Corp. (R) business unit of AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology to include the fast-track development and delivery during the third quarter of 2005 of two prototypes and other related hardware for an Advanced Spectroscopic spec·tro·scope n. An instrument for producing and observing spectra. spec  tro·scop Portal Monitoring System. The $3.1 million contract extension follows a first-stage contract awarded by the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA HSARPA Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency ) in January to AMETEK to develop the system, which will screen passengers and cargo for potentially harmful shipments of radioactive materials that could be used in a nuclear device or "dirty bomb". The prototype systems will incorporate arrays of ORTEC high-purity germanium germanium (jərmā`nēəm) [from Germany], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Ge; at. no. 32; at. wt. 72.59; m.p. 937.4°C;; b.p. 2,830°C;; sp. gr. 5.323 at 25°C;; valence +2 or +4. detectors coupled with several unique and novel techniques to process and present data collected from possible gamma and neutron radiation emanating from pedestrians, vehicles, or freight containers. The systems will be able to quickly determine whether or not a source is "innocent," such as naturally occurring radioactive materials and medical isotopes, or "suspicious" and poses a potential terrorist threat to safety or security. The ORTEC technology represents a substantial advance in system performance and greatly improves the ability of authorities to resolve alarms without interfering with the normal flow of commerce at airports, border crossings, freight ports, transportation terminals, and other points of interest to the Department of Homeland Security. ORTEC has more than 40 years of experience in the design and manufacture of highly sensitive radiation detectors used by government and industrial laboratories, nuclear facilities and medical research and in nuclear safeguards. AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology is a division of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE-listed, ticker symbol:AME See AIT. ) a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales of $1.3 billion. |
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