1st Detect Corporation

1^st Detect produces the most capable field deployed Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) and Narcotic Trace Detector (NTD) available for airport and port-of-entry use today. The TRACER 1000™ is a breakthrough technology that has taken mass spectrometry, the most sensitive chemical detector technology, from the laboratory to the field requiring no special training.

The 1^st Detect Technology technology traces its beginnings back to the United States Space Shuttle program and a NASA requirement for an air quality monitor with laboratory mass spectrometer capabilities. In 2006 we entered into a NASA Space Act Agreement and after an exhaustive search, it was determined that the Cylinder Ion Trap (CIT) design would best meet NASA’s needs. On December 18th, 2012, the MMS-1000 mini mass CIT spectrometer was delivered to NASA.

It was immediately recognized that the 1^st Detect Technology was a breakthrough that could be applied to many valuable applications in many industries. The U.S. Homeland Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had been looking for a replacement for the currently used explosive detection technology that was reaching its technological limits and with a high cost of ownership due to high false alarm rates. And, in 2008 1^st Detect, Inc. was created to pursue commercial opportunities including Airport and point-of-entry security applications.

After many years of very hard work, on February 21^st, 2019 1^st Detect Corporation received the formal European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) certification to sell the TRACER 1000™ ETD to Europe for both passenger and cargo screening. The ECAC certification is also recognized throughout Asia and the Middle East and the Company is currently pursuing many international opportunities.