3DX-Ray has announced a contract for the supply of 40 units of their ThreatScan®-LS1 to a key European security force. Each system consists of a portable X-ray generator, a detection panel and an operator’s workstation which runs the image processing software, together with a customer-specific range of ancillary equipment. ThreatScan® is lightweight and has an imaging area of 600 x 460mm, enabling bags and packages to be scanned in one scan. This system can penetrate up to 34mm steel at 120kV while producing high quality, sub-millimetre resolution images.