Operating since 2005 as a subsidiary of GE Infrastructure, Inc, Quantum Magnetics Inc develops explosives detection equipment. Anchored in the development of advanced magnetic instruments the company develops various products based on its quadrupole resonance (QR), magnetic resonance (MR), and electromagnetic sensing technologies. It develops products for security, nondestructive testing, contraband scanning, and industrial process monitoring applications. The company has a research contract with the United States Army to develop QR-based landmine detectors that enable the detection of plastic-cased landmines. Its MR sensing technology enables liquid explosives detection. The companys electromagnetic sensing technologies are used for various applications, including concealed weapons detection, location of buried unexploded ordnance, vehicle tracking, perimeter surveillance, and monitoring iron stores in the human body. It develops various products for mine detection, aviation security, and weapons detection and tracking. On October 1, 1997, Quantum Magnetics Inc had been acquired by InVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVN) - itself an SBIR firm. Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Inviosion, Quantum remained active in SBIR. In Feb 2005, both firms were acquired in a very large cash deaI by a division of the General Electric company
