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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

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Rohde & Schwarz AIT System Deployed at Denver Airport for Evaluation The Transportation Security Administration has deployed the Rohde & Schwarz QPS 201 Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) people screener at Denver International Airport to evaluate the technology. The 90-day evaluation began in mid-December after TSA certified the system meets its detection requirements. Last year TSA evaluated the R&S QPS 200 at Los Angeles International Airport. TSA currently uses the ProVision AIT system made by L3 Technologies [LLL] to at U.S.…

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