Fri, Nov 05, 2004
Goal: Better Threat Detection, Faster Processing
The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has selected a team led by Lockheed Martin to
develop enhancements for certified explosives detection systems
(EDS) in US airports.
Funded by a $5.3 million cooperative agreement grant from the
TSA under its Phoenix Project, Lockheed Martin's team, which
includes Analogic Corporation of Peabody, MA, is focusing its
research on three areas: increasing machine throughput, improving
efficiency, and enhancing current EDS threat detection
capabilities.
The Phoenix Project is intended to
advance baggage-screening technology for aviation by executing
upgrades for deployed EDS equipment currently used to scan checked
luggage. The cooperative agreement funding approved by the TSA
includes designing and developing technology enhancements to
existing EDS machines.
"This is a vital TSA homeland security project," said Lockheed
Martin Distribution Technologies President Judy Marks. "Our goal is
to apply the most sophisticated technology available to assist TSA
in enhancing the safety and security of air travel, improving
customer service and increasing the efficiency of the baggage
screening process."
The grant covers four phases of a planned five-phase initiative.
The first two phases, preliminary and critical design stages, are
completed. Phase III involves a system development stage that is
scheduled to conclude this month. Phase IV includes test and
evaluation, followed by a field test, which is Phase V. Funding for
Phase V is contingent on successful completion of the first four
phases.
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