By Airports in the U.S. big and small can eventually expect to have next-generation scanning systems deployed at security checkpoints to screen travelers’ carry-on bags, says David Pekoske, the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).The computed tomography (CT)-based scanners have been used in U.S. airports since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to automatically screen checked bags for explosives but those machines are too large and heavy to deploy at security checkpoints. But manufacturers have reduced the size and weight…
Pekoske Sees CT Systems Eventually Rolling Out to All Airports
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