Dynamics Technology Receives One of the First HSARPA SBIR Awards

ARLINGTON, VA , April 2, 2004 – Dynamics Technology, Inc. (DTI) was awarded one of the first Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts from the Homeland Security Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) to develop a Ship Compartment Inspection Device based on Associated Particle Imaging (API) technology.

DTI will develop a man-portable shipboard inspection system based on advanced neutron visualization technology, which can provide through-wall imaging behind bulkheads and within containers, along with automated threat material identification. The system builds on a decade of research by DTI and its partners, encompassing explosives identification, current government-sponsored R&D for related API applications, and recent progress in commercial components that supports rugged cost-effective systems development.

Associated particle imaging is a neutron imaging technique that is particularly well suited to shipboard inspection because of its unique capability to provide: (1) man-portable inspection capability, (2) 3-D imagery to greatly enhance clutter suppression and improve automated material identification; and (3) penetration of steel bulkheads at high SNR. In the first phase, DTI will define operational requirements, perform an analytical feasibility assessment, provide supporting API measurements to validate the concept, identify advanced component tradeoffs, and define requirements for product development.

Dynamics Technology, Inc. (DTI) is a diversified, employee-owned research and development company providing integrated sensor and signal processing products and services for marine, intelligence and homeland security missions. DTI employs over 100 people at offices in Southern California and the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. For further information on DTI’s advanced sensor and signal processing technologies contact business@dynatec.com or visit our Web site at www.dynatec.com.