12 security agencies to use indigenously developed explosive detectors

12 security agencies to use indigenously developed explosive detectors

Subject: Science and tech

Section: Msc

Context:

• Two indigenously developed explosive detectors have been handed over to the Intelligence Bureau for field deployment by 12 identified security agencies across the country.

More on news:

• The move is expected to further strengthen the apparatus of the security forces.
• The Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have developed the explosive detectors for security forces.

About the detectors:

• The detectors, based on Ion Mobility Spectrometry (lMS) technique and Raman Backscattering (RBS) principle respectively, have been customized as per specific requirements of the agencies, as part of a development project initiated at the behest of IB in 2017.
• The user agencies have been asked to provide feedback about the field deployment experience of the 2 detectors so that further improvements, if required, can be made.