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TSA Expects to Finish Key AIT Upgrades This Year, Agency Official Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 4th, 2022

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TSA Expects to Finish Key AIT Upgrades This Year, Agency Official Says

Leidos ProVision 2 Advanced Imaging Technology scanner. Photo: Leidos

Upgrades to deployed body scanners that will enhance detection and result in fewer false alarms will be completed during fiscal year 2022, a Transportation Security Administration official said in December. TSA is “pushing the envelope on algorithm development,” lowering the false alarm rates, making progress on gender neutral algorithms, and making progress on deploying Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems with new capabilities, Mario Wilson, assistant commissioner for acquisition program management, said at the annual American Association of Airport Executives Aviation…

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