Small Business Grant Awarded for Cargo X-Ray System

(CMTS.gov)

Accuray Incorporated, a developer of X-ray technology for robotic surgery in Sunnyvale, California, received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the Department of Homeland Security to adapt the company’s high-energy X-ray technology for cargo scanning and inspection.

The grant, valued at $1 million, will fund development of a compact X-ray source bundled with a high-energy linear accelerator. Accuray received an earlier Homeland Security SBIR grant to design components for a prototype of this system. This grant will fund development of the prototype system itself.

The Accuray prototype will include the company’s linear accelerator system, which in medical applications, uses microwaves to detect and treat cancerous tumors.  The project is scheduled to be completed in two years.