Security Technology October 31, Overview

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1 Security Technology October 31, 2005 Overview Passenger Screening Current Passenger Screening Technology Improvement Goals Emerging Technologies Screening Current Screening Technology Improvement Goals Emerging Technologies Security Equipment Support Services 2 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 1

2 Passenger Screening 3 Current Checkpoint Technology Passenger The following equipment is currently deployed to support checkpoint operations at airports throughout the country: 1910 Enhanced Walk Through Metal Detectors (EWTMD) (new standard set after 9/11) 1904 Threat Image Projection (TIP) ready X-ray machines (TRX) New TIP Library of 2400 images loaded on all currently deployed TRX units 1273 Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) units Resolution for suspect bags Random Sampling Selectee Screening 4 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 2

3 Short Term Goals (0-2yrs) Passenger Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of passenger screening checkpoints and screening equipment deployed to airports, to include increasing explosives detection capability Respect passenger privacy and minimize the need for physical pat-down of passengers Increase system connectivity at local and regional levels Medium Term Goals (2-4yrs) Increase throughput, system capacity, and effectiveness Increase equipment availability, reliability, and effectiveness Improve performance management Allow for effective communication and metrics reporting through system wide network Reduce overall operating and labor support costs Long Term Goals (>4yrs) Maximize automation Minimize footprint requirement Integration of sensors Optimize passenger flow and minimize wait times 5 Passenger Emerging Technologies Explosives Trace Detection Portal (ETP) Automated Explosives Trace Detection Document Scanner (ETS) Whole Body Imaging (x-ray backscatter) planning to initiate pilot project at 4 airports Automated Carry-On Bag Explosives Detection System (EDS) Bottled Liquids Scanner Communications: VECTOR-NET (networking screening technologies) Automated Explosives Trace Detection Shoe Scanner Casts and Prostheses Scanner Multiplexed Carry-On Bag Screening 6 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 3

4 Screening 7 Current Technology The following equipment is currently deployed to support checked baggage screening at airports throughout the country: 1397 Explosives Detection Systems (EDS) 6520 Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) units 8 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 4

5 Current Technologies (Computerized Tomography (CT) CTX 2500 CTX 5500DS L3 examiner Current Technologies - Trace Detection 10 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 5

6 Short Term Goals (0-5yrs) Deploy Screening Assets and Legacy Equipment Apply lessons learned, establish best practices, and make best-value decisions to optimize currently deployed systems. Future Deployment Needs Deploy the best available EDS technology in support of program goals and objectives. Operator Performance, Testing, and Evaluation Establish tools, procedures, as well as protocols to enhance operator performance, testing, and evaluation. Detection Effectiveness, Capabilities, and Standards Keep standards current with threat assessments, vulnerability studies, and technology capabilities. Long Term (5-10yrs) Support identification and the development of concepts and technologies that push the screening capabilities significantly beyond those currently available. 11 Emerging Technologies Phoenix Category I - enhancements to existing EDS systems work to develop enhancements to existing EDS. Category II - integrate and improve performance of existing EDS technologies; System of Systems (SOS) approach. Category III - develop systems with improved system performance characteristics beyond today's EDS. Manhattan II NexGen System Specification Development Proof-of-Concept EDS Certification/Standard Update NexGen EDS Threat Detection Experimental Study and Requirements Analysis NexGen Open Solicitation iscreen System Lobby Baggage Screening Suite Pilot 12 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 6

7 Security Equipment Support Services 13 Security Equipment Support Services 24-hour maintenance coverage of screening equipment at all US airports 24-hour TSA Service Response Center hour maintenance technicians available Response procedures established: Minimize the adverse affects of weather conditions, power failures, and other disruptive events. Emergency security equipment available for immediate deployment to supplement or replace security equipment in case of an emergency (natural disaster, increased threat, special event, etc.) 14 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 7

8 Security Equipment Support Services Examples of incidents/events TSA provided security equipment support: Winter Olympics Salt Lake City Republican National Convention Democratic National Convention Inauguration Summer Olympics Athens Super Bowl XXXIX Jacksonville 15 Tim Goin/DSCI for Andy Lee/TSA 8