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Detection has deployed iLane, its automated security inspection process which includes the Advanced Threat Identification X-ray
(aTiX) system, at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). This
will be the first deployment of the linked systems in the United States.
Four of the systems will be deployed in BWI’s new terminal B checkpoint. iLane provides two baggage pathways connected to the aTiX
which will enable TSA screeners to divert a bag to a separate screening area without stopping other cleared carry-on luggage. The diverted
bag remains in eyesight of the owner who can move along with the carry-on to the designated secondary screening area.
Stephen Phipson, Group Managing Director of Smiths Detection,
said, “We have achieved a winning combination. The iLane system
coupled with aTiX has the potential to greatly improve security checkpoint throughput in airports, while adding the advanced threat
detection of multiview X-ray.”
Unlike current X-ray systems, aTiX captures multiple views of carry-on bags in a single sweep in the normal throughput time. Additionally,
the system includes powerful software algorithms which help the operator detect potentially harmful items. The software can
also be upgraded
to meet the needs of future threats.
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