L3 Communications - Airport X-Ray Security Screening Systems

L-3 Security & Detection Systems has announced that 12 of its X-ray screening systems have been placed on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Air Cargo Qualified Technologies List. L-3's air cargo portfolio of products screens both break-bulk and skid-based air cargo with systems covering TSA's small, medium and large X-ray classifications. L-3 also offers shippers, forwarders and independent screeners a broad selection of technologies to meet their unique requirements, including systems with multi-view capabilities, advanced technology (AT) algorithms and certified explosives detection systems (EDS).

"From the cost-effective PX 6.4 to the world-class CX-Pallet, L-3 is dedicated to providing and developing configurable screening solutions that meet stringent detection, throughput and cost of ownership criteria," said Thomas M Ripp, president of L-3 Security & Detection Systems.

L-3's TSA Air Cargo Qualified Systems address a full range of air cargo requirements to screen break-bulk with low-cost conventional X-ray systems (PX™ 6.4, PX-107™, PX-208™), AT systems (ACX® 6.4, ACX 6.4-MV, VDS-108™, VIS-HR™, MVT-HR®) and certified EDS equipment (eXaminer® 3DX, eXaminer HTSA). In addition, L-3 offers the PX-160P™ and CX-Pallet 6000 P DV to screen consolidated cargo on skids.

For more than a decade, L-3 has been providing airports and shippers with a conventional and high-energy X-ray line of inspection systems for break-bulk, skids, pallets and ULDs. L-3's equipment screens cargo ranging from containers of fruits and vegetables to electronics and is currently in operation at shipping, forwarding and independent cargo screening facilities worldwide.