TSA Certifies High Speed Checked Bag Explosives Detection Solution

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TSA Certifies High Speed Checked Bag Explosives Detection Solution By Eddy Metcalf

		February 17, 2011 - CTX 9800 DSi, a explosives detection system (EDS), by Morpho Detection has been certified by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in a high-speed configuration that processes in excess of 40 percent more bags than its fastest previously-certified system while continuing to provide high-resolution 3D imaging with the innovative data acquisition system, Clarity. The new high speed CTX 9800 offers operators the possibility of reduced operational costs through simplification of baggage handling infrastructure, reduced maintenance requirements and fewer manual alarm resolutions, while speeding more cleared bags to aircraft faster. The CTX 9800 DSi is certified at a belt speed of 0.3 meters per second ? fast enough to screen more than 1,000 bags per hour, depending on bag size, spacing and overall capacity of the airport baggage handling system.
Morpho Detection's new TSA-approved, high-speed CTX 9800 configuration offers operators the possibility of reduced operational costs through simplification of baggage handling infrastructure, reduced maintenance requirements and fewer manual alarm resolutions, while speeding more cleared bags to aircraft faster

This throughput gives airports and security providers flexibility in meeting increasingly strict screening requirements while accommodating space and budget restrictions and better satisfying airline and passenger needs. ?Morpho Detection is pleased to offer a second TSA-certified configuration of the CTX 9800 DSi explosives detection system capable of effectively screening checked luggage at the 1,000 bag-per-hour rate,? said Dennis Cooke, president and CEO, Morpho Detection, Inc. ?Approval of this new, faster CTX 9800 offers airports the flexibility to meet competing demands of customer requirements, space and budget while controlling operational costs.? Morpho Detection?s CTX 9800 DSi uses computed tomography (CT) imaging technology to create a three-dimensional image of each bag. The system then automatically compares the contents of the bag with the properties of known threat explosives using a series of algorithms. The increased belt speed of the scanner?s high-speed configuration increases the rate at which images are created and the throughput airports demand. New algorithms provide TSA-certified detection at speeds in excess of a thousand bags per hour. The CTX 9800 DSi initially achieved TSA certification at a conveyer belt speed of 0.2 meters per second.

		Morpho Detection, Inc. is a leading supplier of explosives and narcotics and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) detection systems for government, military, air and ground transportation, first responder, critical infrastructure and other high-risk organizations. Morpho Detection integrates computed tomography (CT), Raman Spectroscopy, trace (ITMS? technology), X-ray and X-ray Diffraction technologies into solutions that can make security activities more accurate, productive and efficient. With industry-leading products such as the Itemiser DX trace detection system, the CTX line of explosive detection systems (EDS), and the StreetLab Mobile hand-held chemical and biological substance identification unit, Morpho Detection?s solutions are deployed to help protect people and property in some of the most important and sensitive world locations. Other News Stories Largest Pilots? Union Violated Its Own Employees Says NLRB GE Expands Avianca TACA Relationship With 16 Airbus Aircraft Leases Continental Airlines Agent Pleads Guilty In Fake Ticket Voucher Scheme Kirtland Airman Caught Downloading Child Porn On Limwire Florida Governor Snubs Floridian?s Rejects Fed Funding On High Speed Rail FAA Forecast Predicts Air Travel To Double In Two Decades Survey Ranks Malta International Airport Among Top UK Performing Airports UPS Expands Boeing Airplane Health Management To D-11 CHC Helicopter Announces Management Changes Qantas Airlines Rejects Claims From Pilots' Union Bell Helicopter Engineering Boot Camps Challenge Students 800 Million More Travelers By 2014, China Biggest Contributor Boeing Celebrates Its New 747-8 Intercontinental Aircraft Senate Republican Seeks To Kill Pilot And Flight Attendant Protections FAA Policy Statement On Expungement Of Certain Enforcement Actions A Court Win For UPS, Damaged Aircraft Engine Transported By Qantas Airways Look Around, Flights Becoming Hotspot For Romantic Connections San Diego Naval Aviation Centennial Kick-Off Celebration Executive Jet Receives FAA Authorization To Use Jepp Charts On IPad Boeing Submits Final NewGen Tanker Proposal To US Air Force Flight 7100, Manx2, A Commuter Airline Cashes Killing 6 Onboard ALPA, ?Swift FAA Reauthorization Critical To U.S. Airline Industry? The Right To Vote Is Welcomed News For TSA Employees Accenture Implements New Cargo Booking System At LAN CARGO Garmin, TV Show ?Extreme Makeover? Refurbish A 1970 Skymaster