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Airport Checkpoint CT Systems Will Begin Deploying this Fall, TSA Official Says

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Airport Checkpoint CT Systems Will Begin Deploying this Fall, TSA Official Says
Smiths Detection's HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX checkpoint scanner for carry-on bags. Photo: Smiths Detection

Deployments of new scanners with enhanced capabilities for peering inside travelers’ bags at airport security checkpoints will begin this fall, says a senior Transportation Security Administration official. Deployments of the computed tomography (CT)-based checkpoint scanners originally were planned for this summer but TSA’s $96.8 million award in late March to Smiths Detection for the first 300 units was protested by L3Harris Technologies [LHX]. The Government Accountability Office in July denied two protests by L3Harris, freeing TSA to complete the award…

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