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Homeland Security

Leidos To Upgrade Airport Body Scanners With AI Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, February 17th, 2023

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Leidos To Upgrade Airport Body Scanners With AI Technology

Leidos ProVision 2 Advanced Imaging Technology scanner. Photo: Leidos

After nearly a year of development and testing, Leidos [LDOS] has received a contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to begin upgrading the agency’s fleet of airport checkpoint body scanners with a new artificial intelligence-based algorithm that will significantly reduce false alarms. The upgrade to the more than 1,000 Leidos-built Pro:Vision advanced imaging technology (AIT) systems follows funding provided by TSA last year to update the algorithm to improve screening of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming passengers. Congress provided $18.6…

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