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Smiths Detection brings
algorithm body scanners
to Egyptian airports
Previously in August 2014, Smiths
Detection was awarded a contract from
the Morocco Civil Aviation Authority
to install high-speed hold baggage
explosives detection system. The
product supplied is the HI-SCAN 10080
XCT installed in the new passenger
terminal at Menara Airport, Marrakech.
The HI-SCAN 10080 XCT provides
an imaging solution based on Smiths
Detection’s dual-energy, dual-view X-ray
technology and Computed Tomography.
Its large tunnel opening and fast belt
speed of 98 feet per minute or 0.5
metres per second, enables screening of
up to 1,800 bags per hour.
Tony Tielen, Regional Vice President EMEA, at Smiths Detection: Enhancing
aviation security through leading-edge technology is our top priority.
Smiths Detection has been awarded
contracts worth almost £19m by Falcon
Group to provide advanced detection
systems for passenger checkpoint,
hold baggage and cargo screening to
airports across Egypt. The award for
X-ray scanners, people screening systems
and trace detectors is part of national
programme to provide an additional
layer of security to existing equipment
at airports. Smiths Detection systems
were chosen by the Egyptian Ministry
of Defence for their lifetime high
performance and quality, as proven by
earlier contracts.
The HI-SCAN 6040aTiX and HI-SCAN
6040-2is HR, which combine multi or
dual view, high resolution imaging with
sophisticated software to automatically
detect explosives in carry-on baggage,
will be deployed at security checkpoints.
The innovative millimeter-wave eqo
scanners, which can detect threat items of
any material under clothing, will provide
additional passenger screening. The
recently launched Ionscan 600, which
detects and identifies explosives from
traces found on baggage or clothing, will
be deployed at passenger checkpoints and
in hold baggage screening.
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The contract also includes HI-SCAN
100100T-2is and HI-SCAN 145180-2is
X-ray machines for screening oversised
baggage and air cargo for explosives
and other threats. Additional vehicle
and cargo screening