Rapiscan Systems adds the CounterBomber threat-detection system to its portfolio.

CounterBomber has been extensively tested by the U.S. Government, and successfully deployed by the U.S. Armed Forces in all recent major conflicts, as well as other volatile areas around the globe, since 2008. While originally designed to identify suicide vests, the CounterBomber technology can also detect other concealed person-borne threats such as handguns, machine pistols, pipe bombs, and grenades, all while maintaining a low false alarm rate.

“We believe CounterBomber is superior to any other comparable system on the market and provides a tangible and practical solution to the more than 3,500 suicide bombings that have taken place over the past three decades,” said Brad Buswell, President, Rapiscan Systems North America. “The solution detects threats with tremendous accuracy, but also is intuitive to operate, allowing easy deployment in a variety of situations and threat levels.”

Buswell continued: “Rapiscan has always been committed to providing cutting-edge solutions that solve even the most difficult security challenges that our customers face. The addition of CounterBomber to our product offering further supports this mission and allows us to provide customers with an even greater range of products to support their unique needs.”

The CounterBomber system is easily assembled, and once in operation can automatically assess approaching personnel for hidden threats – without the need for operator interpretation. In addition, CounterBomber’s intuitive and rugged design reduces training and maintenance costs, and its plug-and-play functionality enables it to be quickly and securely integrated into the command and control (C2) network of a customer’s overall security solution architecture.