Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ:ASTC) announced today that its 1st Detect subsidiary has accepted another significant purchase order for seven of its TRACER 1000™ explosives trace detectors (ETDs), for an airport security checkpoint. The systems will be deployed in a European airport in Romania.
“We’re excited to begin Fiscal Year 2024 with increased sales and interest in the TRACER 1000 from the security checkpoint field. Based on the near-zero false alarm rate that mass spectrometry provides, we believe that the TRACER 1000 improves checkpoint efficiency and passenger throughput by reducing the need for time-consuming pat-downs,” said Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 1st Detect.
The Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology™ (AMS Technology) drives the breakthrough TRACER 1000, the first certified ETD to employ mass spectrometry. Recognized as the gold standard in chemical detection, mass spectrometry has historically been too costly, bulky, and cumbersome to be used outside of the laboratory. Unlike other technologies, the AMS Technology works under ultra-high vacuum, which eliminates competing molecules that can impair the accuracy and quality of an analysis. The TRACER 1000 is inexpensive, small, and easy to use, with high resolution and near-zero false alarms. Due to its high sensitivity and rugged design, the TRACER 1000 is the only mass spectrometry-based ETD to have received European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) certification for both checkpoint and cargo security.
