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Homeland Security

TSA, DHS S&T Set To Live Test Passenger Checkpoint Self-Screening System

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024

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TSA, DHS S&T Set To Live Test Passenger Checkpoint Self-Screening System

Harry Reid International Airport. Photo: Harry Reid International

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shortly will begin testing a prototype self-screening solution at a passenger security airport checkpoint that meets the same screening standards currently required at airport checkpoints while allowing travelers to move at their own pace. Vanderlande Industries is supplying the self-service solution to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the DHS Science and Technology Directorate, which awarded the company a $2.6 million contract in December 2021 to develop the self-screening concept design and prototype to…

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