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Several senators voiced concern over the Transportation Security Administration’s slow rollout of new airport screening technology at a hearing Wednesday. Commerce Committee members Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., questioned acting Deputy Administrator Patricia Cogswell about the Read More …
Passengers at Heathrow airport will be able to keep their liquids and laptops inside their carry-on bags, once new security equipment is installed. The airport is investing £50m in the computer tomography (CT) security scanners, to be rolled out over Read More …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites industry, academia, laboratories, and the innovation community to submit white papers related to 12 first responder technology funding opportunities. The new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation (BAA 18-02 Call 0001) will remain Read More …
Air Cargo skids and pallets take up a large amount of space on every commercial passenger flight. Federal law requires this cargo be screened at the same level as checked baggage. Single and dual energy X-ray systems can be scaled Read More …
Police evacuated the main railway stations in Barcelona and Madrid during Wednesday morning’s rush hour after a belt buckle in the shape of a hand grenade triggered a security alert. The incident, which turned out to be a false alarm, appears to Read More …
While the Postal Service intercepted some of the packages in this week’s scare, the developments underscored the limitations of the screening technology in use. A spate of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats around the country has raised fresh questions Read More …
The nation’s aviation security agency is beginning a test at 15 U.S. airports of new three-dimensional X-ray scanners that may someday allow passengers to bring liquids into their bags. The Transportation Security Administration plans to add as many as 40 Read More …
The machines take a 3D X-ray, allowing security staff to check items without requiring them to be removed from bags, and can detect explosives. The worldwide rules began in 2006 after a terror plot was stopped by UK police. The Read More …
Loveland, CO – Logos Imaging LLC, a leading provider of X-ray solutions for security customers worldwide announced that they have released the Logos Imaging Application (LIA 8) their latest proprietary software designed for usability with advanced touch screen operation. With Read More …
When some people think of an x-ray, they might picture a person in a white lab coat pointing at a backlit image of a human skeleton. Suppose the very same technology used to provide doctors with an ability to see Read More …
Vidisco celebrates thirty years of delivering a field-proven line of advanced portable X-ray solutions, while striding towards newer solutions and breakthrough technologies. The Milipol 2017 homeland security event was yet another turning point for Vidisco, who demonstrated another advanced, smart, Read More …
Technology used in the medical field for years may soon revolutionize screening of carry-on bags at airports — bolstering security while dramatically cutting bottlenecks at checkpoints — with an expansion of testing planned for New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport early next Read More …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded funding to four research and development (R&D) projects that will improve the threat detection capabilities of current X-ray technologies for passenger X-ray baggage systems. These projects will be managed Read More …
The government on Friday invited suggestions from the public and stakeholders by September 17 on draft rules on screening of passengers with prosthetic limbs at airports in India. In view of many complaints from passengers with artificial limbs who were asked to remove Read More …
Welcome to the Future Demining and EOD Tech website – a one-stop information hub and knowledge-sharing platform for the global demining community. The dramatic rise in areas contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in recent years calls Read More …
