Smiths Detection Introduces New Automated Screening Lane

Smiths Detection has introduced the iLane A20, an automated screening lane for airport checkpoint security that includes a fully automated tray return system, parallel divest stations, empty tray verification, a diverter for suspect bags, and diagnostic capabilities for system performance management. The iLane A20 is modular for customizable configurations. The new lane was developed with

Interroll, a provider of material handling solutions. The lane can be integrated with Smiths Detection’s Checkpoint Evo management platform to analyze screening data to enhance operations and gain insights. The lane can also be used with third part checkpoint X-Ray scanners and can be equipped with a UVC light tray disinfection module to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses on trays.

Philly Airport Installing Biometrics at International Boarding Gates

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) this month said it is installing facial recognition technology at 25 boarding gates to record the departure of foreign nationals from the U.S. on international flights as part of Customs and Border Protection’s biometric exit program. The airport is using SITA’s Smart Path identity management solution powered by NEC Corp.’s I:Delight facial recognition digital identity management platform. Installations of the biometric screening equipment will be complete by mid-April. Foreign nationals and U.S. citizens that opt-in to the biometric exit program don’t need to present a passport or boarding pass at the departure gate. Facial images of travelers captured at the gate are matched against existing images on CBP’s Traveler Verification System. CBP already uses the Simplified Arrival facial recognition process at PHL for travelers entering the U.S. on international flights. CBP says it has processes more than 249 million travelers using facial biometrics and has prevented more than 1,650 impostors from illegally entering the U.S.

Liberty Defense Completes Beta Testing of HEXWAVE; Has Customer

Liberty Defense this month said it has completed beta trials of its HEXWAVE walk-through person scanner that led to user feedback and system configuration and algorithm improvements. Now, the start-up security detection company plans to begin production later in the first quarter of 2023 and commence customer deliveries by the end of the second quarter. “We are in active discussions for first sales/deliveries in the corrections market, airlines and airports, government facilities, corporations and distributions centers,” Bill Frain, Liberty’s CEO, tells HSR. “And depending on demand and timing, we expect to deliver from 30 to 50 units this year…and also supply chain timing.” The company’s first customer for HEXWAVE is LINEV Systems U.S., which is purchasing a unit for client demonstrations. LINEV will act as a reseller for Liberty targeting the corrections and education markets. Beta trials began last summer and took place in at least six locations throughout the U.S. and an international airport in Toronto, resulting in the screening of more than 10,000 people. The screening system can detect concealed weapons and threats and doesn’t require individuals that walk-through HEXWAVE to divest their keys, wallets and phones. “We demonstrated high levels of people throughput and system availability without compromising security,” Mike Lanzaro, Liberty’s president and chief technology officer, said in a statement. “We were excited by the fact that during beta testing, we could quickly tune and adjust our AI algorithms to identify new threats and make improvements to the automated identification of threats in various locations on the person.” He also said HEXWAVE identified items like badges, steel-toe boots and other common things worn by employees as benign so they didn’t have to be divested.

SentinelOne Added to Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

The cybersecurity software company SentinelOne [S] says it has been selected for membership in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), a public-private partnership to strengthen collaboration across the cybersecurity community. SentinelOne says the JCDC will leverage the expertise of the company’s SentinelLabs, which is a team of security researchers that identify and analyze critical vulnerabilities, new attack vectors, malware strains, and threat actors. The company will provide the JCDS with insights and support in strategic planning and advice.