Brijot Imaging Systems‘ SafeScreen whole body imaging portal is being used at Marco Polo Airport in Venice, Italy, for passenger screening for flights to the U.S. and other sensitive destinations, says Italy’s Finmeccanica, whose Elsag Datamat business unit installed the machine. The airport is also using another of Brijot’s systems, a mobile version of its GEN 2 scanning system, for screening depending on the needs of different checkpoints. Elsag North America, Elsag Datamat’s U.S. subsidiary, has the exclusive distribution rights for the Brijot systems in Italy and in some other countries. The two systems were installed at the end of March for a trial. The Brijot systems are based on passive millimeter wave technology, which can provide an image of an anomaly hidden on persons and beneath their clothing, including contraband, weapons, or other materials such as explosives and liquids. Unlike the active millimeter wave and backscatter X-Ray body scanners being used at U.S. airports, the passive millimeter wave technology doesn’t provide visual details of body parts. Brijot introduced its SafeScreen system earlier this year and is hoping the Transportation Security Administration qualifies it for use in U.S. airports (TR2, Jan. 20).
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