Canada’s Transport Ministry says it will purchase and deploy 44 body scanners from L-3 Communications [LLL] for approximately $10.7 million, with delivery and installations to begin this month in response to the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a passenger plane en route to Detroit from Amsterdam. The contract prices L-3’s ProVision millimeter wave imagers at $242,000 each, including installation costs and spare parts. The first 12 systems will go into Canada’s eight busiest airports and are expected to be fully operational by March. The remaining systems are expected to be delivered this spring. Passengers will be given a choice between using the scanners and a physical search. Screeners who will view the millimeter wave images of a passenger will not be able to see the passenger and the images will also be deleted once the screener completes a review. Canada also plans to seek bids from companies to develop a passenger behavior observation program and related training for its screening officers.