PEABODY, Mass., Jan. 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG), a leading provider of medical imaging and aviation security technology, announced today an agreement with L-3 Security & Detection Systems to upgrade the full suite of eXaminer® Explosives Detection Systems (EDSs), including the eXaminer SX and 3DX systems, and the ultra-high-speed eXaminer XLB, to meet the US and International enhanced certification standards. In addition, L-3 placed an order for five XLB systems, which are expected to begin shipping at the end of the third quarter of this fiscal year. Together, the upgrade design work and the XLB equipment orders are valued at approximately $7 million.