1st Detect Awarded a Homeland Security Research and Development Contract to Expand the TRACER 1000™ Explosive Threat Detection

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) ("Astrotech" or the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, 1st Detect Corporation, announced that the Company has been awarded research and development (“R&D”) contract 70RSAT24CB0000015 (“Contract”) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to research, develop and mature the TRACER 1000 for DHS next generation explosives trace detection (“ETD”). The Contract is in support of the objectives stated in the ...