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Pekoske Touts Operational Testing Results For CT Scanners At Checkpoints

Pekoske Touts Operational Testing Results For CT Scanners At Checkpoints
Computed tomography carry-on baggage scanner supplied by Smiths Detection being tested at Los Angeles International Airport. The agency several years ago awarded Smiths a contract for 300 of the systems. Photo: TSA

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the final phases of operational testing of next-generation parcel scanners for use at airport security checkpoints with the program on track and producing good results, David Pekoske, the agency’s chief, said on Wednesday.“I am very pleased so far with the results” of the ongoing operational testing and evaluation of the computed tomography (CT) machines at checkpoints, Pekoske told the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during his opening remarks for an oversight hearing…

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