TSA Readying New Round of EDS Purchases that Includes High-Speed Systems.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week began conducting market research for a new procurement round for explosives detection systems (EDS) that screen checked baggage at airports for bombs, outlining three categories of throughput requirements including high-speed systems that can scan bags faster than existing equipment.

The Request for Information (RFI) issued through the FedBizOpps.gov website "signals intent of where we're going with the EDS machines," Robin Kane, acting assistant administrator for the Office of Process Technology, tells an audience at the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Stakeholders Conference sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.

The "market-ready" EDS systems must meet agency requirements …