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Homeland Security

TSA Deploys L-3’s Provision for Primary Screening

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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun using L-3 Communications' [LLL] ProVision millimeter wave whole body imaging system in primary screening mode in lieu of using metal detectors at a checkpoint in Tulsa International Airport, Okla., as part of an ongoing pilot project using the millimeter wave imaging technology. The use of the imaging system in a primary screening application is a new twist in the piloting of the system, which up until now has been used as a voluntary…

Army

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Pentagon

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Congress

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