
Screening technology currently used to scan checked baggage at the nation’s airport at relatively high-speeds compared with the X-ray systems in use at checkpoints will be begin testing soon for checkpoint applications, the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told a Senate panel on Tuesday.TSA is looking to pilot test a computed tomography (CT)-based system this summer for checkpoint screening, Peter Neffenger, the agency’s administrator, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.CT systems are used as the…