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TSA head announces high-tech screening programme
By Ben Vogel
01 May 2008
The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced plans to roll out advanced passenger screening and baggage scanning devices at airports across the United States.
Testifying on 15 April 2008 before a US House of Representatives transport security subcommittee, TSA Administrator Kip Hawley said that whole-body imaging portals employing millimetre-wave (MMW) technology will be deployed at two major international hubs.
The TSA subsequently announced on 16 and 17 April respectively the installation of L-3 ProVision portals at Los Angeles International (LAX) and New York JFK. This followed the first installation in October 2007 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International.
"In addition we will be purchasing at least 30 more of the machines for deployment at airports this year," Hawley added.
In his 15 April testimony, Hawley also announced that the TSA is buying several hundred extra multiview baggage screening systems.