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Homeland Security

Pekoske Sees CT Systems Eventually Rolling Out To All Airports

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

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Pekoske Sees CT Systems Eventually Rolling Out To All Airports

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske.

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, David Pekoske, the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), said on Wednesday.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…

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