New IED sensors installed at Kandahar Airfield
Staff report
January 05, 2010
NATO has delivered Advanced Counter Improvised Explosive Device sensors to security personnel at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, the alliance announced Jan. 5.
The airfield is a logistics hub for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and has been the target of several IED attacks.
The new sensors will allow security personnel to scan incoming pedestrians, trucks and cars from distances of 100 meters, according to NATO. The delivery included six metal detectors, two “Integrated Personnel and Hand Luggage Screening Systems,” and a truck-mounted vehicle screening sensor, the alliance said.
Rapiscan Systems Inc., of Torrance, Calif., signed a $5 million contract in July to provide the equipment following a monthlong competition.
The equipment was delivered and installed at the Kandahar Airfield Entry Control Points and Passenger Terminal on Dec. 14, said NATO’s Consultation, Command and Control Agency, which procured the equipment.