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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

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Smiths Detection CT Checkpoint Scanner Receives European Approval for C2 StandardSmiths Detection says it’s computed tomography-based HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX scanning system has demonstrated it meets the European Civil Aviation Conference requirements for automatically detecting explosives in checked bags for portable computers and other large electrical items. This beans the 6040 CTiX system can be used to allow electronic devices to stay in bags. The ECAC standard is known as C2. The company says testing will follow “swiftly” for the C3…

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