WILMINGTON, Mass., Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Implant Sciences Corporation (IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today that it has joined the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE). AAAE is the world’s largest professional organization for airport executives, representing thousands of airport management personnel at public-use commercial and general aviation airports. The organization’s members represent approximately 850 airports and hundreds of companies and organizations that support airports.
“We are continuing to progress through the TSA checkpoint qualification process for our QS-B220. When we have completed this, we believe we will be in a prime position to have our next-generation ETDs installed in airports in the U.S. Our membership in AAAE will facilitate the communication of the value-proposition that Implant Sciences’ next generation ETD provides to both airports and travelers,” stated Implant Sciences’ President and CEO, Glenn D. Bolduc.
“Collaboration between airport executives and proven technology providers like Implant Sciences is critical to our ongoing efforts to enhance security and efficiency in the airport environment,” AAAE President and CEO, Todd Hauptli, commented. “We appreciate the value that Implant Sciences sees in having an opportunity to engage and work with our members, and we welcome them into the AAAE family.”
About the QS-B220 Desktop Explosives Trace Detector
The QS-B220 uses Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) to rapidly detect and identify trace amounts of a wide variety of military, commercial, and homemade explosives. With significantly lower maintenance requirements than competing systems, the QS-B220 can be deployed for a much lower total cost of ownership than other approved products. Featuring a radioactive material-free design, push-button maintenance and diagnostics, and a patented inCal™ internal automatic calibration system, the QS-B220 brings new levels of performance and convenience to desktop trace detection users with unsurpassed ease of use.
About Implant Sciences
Implant Sciences is the leader in next generation Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) technology. In January 2013, the Company became only the third ETD manufacturer, and the sole American-owned company, to have product approval from the US Transportation Security Administration. Implant Sciences has developed proprietary technologies used in its commercial explosives and drugs trace detection systems, which ship to a growing number of locations domestically and internationally. Implant Sciences’ QS-H150 portable explosives trace detector has received Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology Designation and, in addition to receiving TSA qualification for air cargo screening, the Company’s QS-B220 has also received STAC certification, a Developmental Testing & Evaluation (DT&E) Designation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act), and the GSN 2013 Homeland Security Award for “Best Explosives Detection Solution”. For further details on the Company and its products, please visit the Company’s website at www.implantsciences.com.
