Security & Defense Applications
Explosives and narcotics threats continue to evolve across aviation, cargo, mailrooms, borders, and correctional environments.
1st Detect delivers field-ready, laboratory-grade trace detection built on mass spectrometry, providing definitive molecular identification. Our systems carry proven global certifications, including TSA approval for air-cargo screening, and deliver the fast, low. near-zero false-alarm performance that keeps screening lines moving. We give security teams the certainty they need to protect people, infrastructure, and mission-critical operations.
Passenger Screening
Passenger checkpoints depend on speed and certainty. 1st Detect leverages mass spectrometry to deliver definitive molecular identification, significantly reducing delays that stall lines and frustrate travelers. Our technology achieves near-zero false alarm rates while maintaining high throughput. This capability aligns with the future of aviation security—delivering the precision regulators demand while ensuring the operational flow airports require.
Airport Cargo
Cargo operations cannot afford false alarms or delays. Using mass spectrometry, 1st Detect delivers reliable explosive detection with low, near-zero false alarm rates and rapid clear-down times. TSA and ECAC Approved for air-cargo screening and built for high-volume environments, it keeps pallets moving, protects revenue, and meets the industry’s most demanding performance standards.
Border security
Border officers face evolving synthetic drugs designed to evade legacy systems. 1st Detect identifies fentanyl analogs, meth variants, and other emerging narcotics at trace levels with forensic-grade accuracy. Fast, precise detection supports confident interdiction, reduces risk, and ensures that dangerous compounds never cross into the country unnoticed.
Narcotics interdiction
Modern interdiction demands speed and certainty. 1st Detect enables teams to confirm narcotics in minutes, expanding search authority and protecting officers from exposure. With real-time identification of fentanyl and emerging synthetics, teams act decisively, follow the trace, and dismantle networks with science-backed intelligence.
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