Astrotech Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, 1st Detect Corporation, announced that it is currently accepting orders for the Tracer 1000 Narcotics Trace Detector (NTD). The TRACER 1000 NTD is a high-performance laboratory instrument capable of rapid detection of trace levels of narcotic compounds in seconds. Currently, the Company's Tracer 1000 Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) is now found in multiple locations in 14 countries throughout the world.

The NTD provides a ruggedized platform that can be applied across various markets including airports, border security, checkpoint, cargo, and infrastructure security, correctional facilities, military, and law enforcement. The Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology?? (AMS Technology) drives the breakthrough TRACER 1000, as the first certified ETD to employ mass spectrometry as a trace detection security solution.

As stated by Dr. Laura Parker, R&D Program Manager from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, mass spectrometers are the "gold standard" of chemical detection1. The TRACER 1000 is the only mass spectrometry-based ETD to have received European Civil Aviation Conference certification for both checkpoint and cargo security.