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Homeland Security

Liberty Defense Nabs Small TSA Contract to Upgrade AIT Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

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Liberty Defense Nabs Small TSA Contract to Upgrade AIT Systems

Liberty Defense's HEXWAVE 3D imaging system. Image: Liberty Defense

Liberty Defense received a nearly $1.8 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to develop a prototype upgrade kit to improve the detection performance and reduce the false alarm rates of the agency’s advanced imaging technology (AIT) body scanners. The ultimate goals of the upgrade are to improve security, increase passenger throughput and reduce physical contact for passengers. TSA said this month in a contract notice that the kits “are meant to provide and allow the reduction of outerwear investment,…

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