Fri, Feb 03, 2012
System Exceeds European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)
Requirements
A new system for screening and detecting liquids contained
inside passenger baggage has been successfully tested by Reveal
Imaging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC), the company said in a news
release Monday. SAIC says the device successfully passed laboratory
testing and met the requirements set by the European Civil Aviation
Conference (ECAC).
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In the wake of the August 2006 thwarted bombing attempt in
London, travelers have been required to limit the size of liquid
containers and remove them from carry-on bags. Since then,
international regulators have sought to develop rules, technology,
procedures, and a timetable to allow passengers to carry the full
spectrum of harmless liquids on aircraft again. In Europe, the EU
Commission has put into place regulations and standards for
equipment used to screen Liquid, Aerosols and Gels (LAGs), with the
goal of allowing liquids back on planes in April 2013. Compliance
with these standards is evaluated by ECAC through stringent tests
carried out by government labs throughout Europe to measure
technology against today's liquid explosive threat. The Concept of
Operations of this equipment is divided into 4 categories (Type
A-D) ranging from directly sampling liquids (Type A) to scanning
bags with liquids inside them (Type D) as travelers did before the
liquid ban.
Reveal Imaging is the first company to pass the most technically
challenging test, Type D, for liquids inside a bag. The test was
conducted using the Reveal dual-energy CT-800 scanner which at the
checkpoint is capable of screening 500 to 600 bags per hour. The
testing validated that Reveal met the even more stringent Standard
2 requirements which require manufacturers to detect the broadest
range of liquid explosives. The test also demonstrated that
Reveal's false alarm rates were approximately a factor of three
below the mandated threshold.
In announcing receipt of ECAC's Type D test validation, Alex
Preston, General Manager of SAIC's Security and Transportation
Technology business unit, said, "Allowing liquids back into bags
will substantially improve operational and economic efficiency for
airports throughout Europe and provide greater convenience for the
traveling public. We are pleased the European Commission
established the necessary standards that will get us there. Passing
the Type D test so convincingly with the proven high-throughput,
low false alarm rate CT-800 platform, we believe will change the
landscape of airport screening for years to come."
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