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Volume 2
Using Technology To
Protect From CBRNE Threats
March 2016 Edition
unveil this pioneering, non-intrusive, cargo inspection
facility at the Port of Boston. Undoubtedly, it will make New
England safer, but these protections need to be adopted at
other locations domestically and across the globe.
“Clearly, advanced technology should be deployed to
counter the CBRNE threats to people and structures to
make our world safer. Together, we can meet these
challenges.”
About Passport Systems
Passport Systems was founded to develop and
commercialize new technologies to address the threats
facing the world in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist
attacks. Founded by a team of MIT technologists and
entrepreneurs, Passport Systems has proudly developed
two cutting-edge product lines: The SmartScan 3D™
Automated Cargo Inspection System, based on nuclear
resonance
fluorescence
technology,
and
the
SmartShield™ Networked Radiation Detection System,
using advanced data fusion algorithms. For further details
on Passport Systems and its products and services, please
visit http://www.passportsystems.com.
By Robert Ledoux, President, CEO and Director of
Passport Systems, Inc
“It is very disturbing to learn from a Reuters’ report out of
Baghdad that Iraq is searching for highly dangerous
radioactive material that was either stolen or went missing
last year. Clearly, the last thing the world needs is for this
material to find its way to ISIS or another terrorist group
that will wield destructive weapons. Protecting cities around
the world, especially if this material penetrates a nation’s
borders, is a tremendous challenge for our leaders in
Washington, as well as other nations. For the private
sector, too, security for attendees of large scale events
ranging from concerts to soccer matches has become a
major concern with the rising CBRNE threats we fa