TSA to Deploy Hundreds More Advanced Technology X-Rays

[Midnight Mike]

TSA to Deploy Hundreds More Advanced Technology X-Rays

May 13, 2008 04:34 PM

TSA Administrator Kip Hawley, during congressional testimony on May 13, announced plans to deploy hundreds of next generation, multi-view x-ray machines and whole body imagers.

During the next two weeks, the agency will install more than 200 of the faster, clearer x-ray machines to airports, including Philadelphia, Washington Dulles and Reagan National, Los Angeles, Denver, Las Vegas and others. The new x-ray machines include multiple views of carry on baggage and a much clearer image, allowing officers to screen carry-on bags with fewer physical searches.

Millimeter wave whole body imagers will be deployed to several airports in the coming weeks, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Detroit, Las Vegas, Washington Reagan National, Denver and others. These technologies allow officers to screen passengers for metallic and non-metallic items without conducting pat-down inspections. Millimeter wave is currently deployed to airports in Phoenix, Los Angeles International and New York' JFK. At the airports where millimeter wave is currently deployed, more than 90 percent of passengers have chosen the machines over pat-down inspections by officers.

[T-Bird76]

The link doesn't have the story Mike.

[Midnight Mike]

The link doesn't have the story Mike.

That was strange, the link worked, but the story went away, oh well, found it on another website.

[Matt Molnar]

Looks like the traffic from being linked on Drudge crashed their site.