Astrotech subsidiary reports purchase order for seven of TRACER 1000 ETDs

Astrotech Corporation announced that its 1st Detect subsidiary has accepted “another significant purchase order” for seven of its TRACER 1000 explosives trace detectors, or 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 Pickens III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 1st Detect.