
The security advisory firm The Chertoff Group and Integrated Defense & Security Solutions (IDSS), a small company that develops and manufactures checkpoint computed tomography (CT) scanners to screen carry-on bags for explosives, are jointly developing technology that allows remote screening of the images produced by the CT machines. The “massive multiplexing” technology has the potential to dramatically enhance checkpoint screening operations by requiring fewer screening officers at the checkpoint while also boosting the training and capabilities of officers that review…