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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 12th, 2018

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TSA Certifies Smiths Detection CT-Based Checkpoint ScannerSmiths Detection says the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has certified the company’s HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX computed tomography-based checkpoint scanner for the Transportation Security Laboratory Advanced Technology-2 Tier II requirement. The certification moves the company closer to a potential deployment of the system at a U.S. airport for further evaluation. “The CTiX represents the future of checkpoint security, and we are moving towards completing the TSA certification process so that it can be chosen by…

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