With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack on New York and Washington DC approaching, despite the shock effect created by the atrocity there have been no revolutionary security developments implemented on the ground since then.
Steve Hill, global communications leader for the Safran Group's security division Morpho Detection, said many technologies, such as biometric identification and explosives detection, may have advanced hugely since 2001, but they are not being used to their full potential to bring the revolution in security screening processes that will, simultaneously, improve hazard detection and transform passenger experience at airports.
Morpho has several new technologies lined up for deployment, either on their own or integrated into a system.
Its XDi liquid explosives detection solution, set to be ready for the market in 2013, uses X-ray diffraction technology to scan liquids in their containers without removing them from passengers' bags.
In addition, Morpho has just sold the first of its new CTX 5800 checked-bag explosive screeners, which use medically-derived computed tomography scanning techniques.
Morpho's vision of the future would involve a passenger walking down a short aisle in which he or she would present a microchipped passport for scanning, simultaneously undergo unobtrusive explosive scanning and biometric identification by facial profiling.
Meanwhile, hand baggage would be fully checked without the need to open it or separate items contained in it. Finally, if everything tallied, the passenger would be automatically cleared through.
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Source: Flight Daily News
