6.2 Checked Luggage

The goal of research in the checked luggage area is to develop and improve technologies to prevent the introduction of improvised explosive devices, weapons, and other threats concealed in checked items and integrate them into an airport environment. The mission of the Aviation Security Laboratory is to identify, research, develop, evaluate, and test technologies, procedures, and detection systems for checked luggage. Security personnel in the checked luggage area are currently researching methods to reduce the cost of security equipment, reduce false alarm rates, and improve effective throughput of existing technology. The object of this research is to eliminate threats onboard aircraft, reduce fatalities, and decrease the catastrophic financial loss from a sabotaged plane.

Two vendors whose products met the rigorous certification criteria for explosive detection systems are Invision Technologies and L-3 Communications.

Ron Krauss
609-485-6836
ronald.krauss@tc.faa.gov