Air Transport World | By: Aaron Karp | Jun 28, 2017:

American Airlines has reached an agreement with technology firm Analogic to buy $6 million worth of computed tomography (CT) airport checkpoint screening machines that the carrier hopes to deploy at US airports later this year following US government certification of the equipment.

The purchase agreement between Dallas/Fort Worth-based American and Boston-based Analogic comes shortly after American and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced they were jointly testing CT machines at an airport checkpoint in Phoenix.

CT machines are already used to scan checked bags and are considered much more likely to detect hidden explosives and other threats—one reason why the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has required passengers traveling from select airports to place large personal electronic devices in checked baggage.

 

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