Type B Liquid Explosive Detection Systems, Bottle Scanners for Screening of Liquids & Gels

Company Cobalt Light Systems
Date 24.10.2013

Cobalt Light Systems and its partner in France, Hi-Tech Detection Systems (HTDS) SAS, are pleased to announce that they will supply the INSIGHT100 Liquid Explosive Detection System (LEDS) to Aéroports de Paris, which comprises Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly Airports.

The INSIGHT100 uses a ground-breaking laser-based technology to chemically analyse and identify materials inside sealed bottles even if the container is opaque and the liquid cannot be directly viewed. The INSIGHT100 product is approved to the highest standard 3 for LEDS by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) and by the Service Technique de l’Aviation Civile (STAC) and was selected by Aéroports de Paris after trials and a competitive tender. HTDS will provide comprehensive service and support at the two Paris airports.

Recent EU legislation requires the introduction of screening at EU airports, by no later than 31st January 2014, of a limited category of liquids under a phased implementation. The first phase is limited to the screening of transfer duty free carried in officially sealed tamper-evident bags, and liquids carried for medical and essential dietary purposes, using LEDS. The purchase of the INSIGHT100 is in response to this EU legislation and introduces enhanced security. Current restrictions were introduced in 2006 following a foiled terrorist plot to smuggle viable improvised liquid explosive devices disguised in drinks bottles in hand luggage onto transatlantic flights leaving London bound for North America.

Cobalt Light Systems is a UK company based in Oxfordshire and was spun out from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) following novel research conducted at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The INSIGHT100 product was developed with the help of cross-government funding from a number of departments and agencies.

Contact

Cobalt Light Systems Ltd
174 Brook Drive
Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
OX14 4SD
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