Smiths Detection Wins Marrakech Menara Airport Contract

Smiths Detection has been awarded a contract by the Morocco Civil Aviation Authority (ONDA) to install its high-speed hold baggage explosives detection system, the HI-SCAN 10080 XCT, in the new passenger terminal at Marrakech’s Menara Airport.

The HI-SCAN 10080 XCT provides an imaging solution based on Smiths Detection’s dual-energy, dual-view X-ray technology and Computed Tomography (CT). Its large tunnel opening and fast belt speed of 98 feet per minute (0.5 metres per second) enables screening of up to 1800 bags per hour.

The order, the first of its kind from a North African country, closely follows similar contracts with Santiago International Airport in Chile and Bremen Airport, Germany.

Andrew Davis, Head of Market, Europe South & West at Smiths Detection, said, “This order illustrates both our growing relationship with ONDA and the recognition by major airports that this revolutionary technology offers an ideal, cost-efficient combination of enhanced baggage security and faster throughput.”

The HI-SCAN 10080 XCT is EU Standard 3 and TSA certified.