DHS to brief industry on airport security imaging technology research next month in Washington

WASHINGTON, 12 July 2013.Airport security experts at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will brief industry on developments and plans in advanced imaging technology (AIT) for aviation security checkpoint and people screening Aug. 13 and 14 in Washington.

The industry briefings, sponsored by the DHS Science & Technology branch, will be from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on 13 and 14 Aug. 2013 at the William J. Cohen Building, 330 C St. S.W., in Washington.

Briefings will outline research and technology for screening airline passengers and other people at airports with advanced imaging technology. Also covered will be DHS strategies to enhance threat detection in checkpoint screening systems.

Briefings also will provide project and technology overviews including mathematical foundations, algorithms, architectures, hardware, experimental results, and future project plans, including architectures from a high definition advanced imaging technology project that may lead to a screen-while-walk capability.

Those attending will have time to talk with other attendees, and can attend a panel discussion with audience questions. Government attendees will include staff from DHS Explosives Division, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other agencies.

Other attendees will be from companies in the aviation security business and organizations with applicable technology including federal labs, universities, and third parties.

DHS is pursuing several research projects involving millimeter wave technology to improve threat detection for TSA aviation security and mass transit. Active RF and millimeter wave imaging has become acceptable for non-invasive passenger screening for concealed weapons and contraband.

DHS researchers are trying to find technology for improved threat detection, imaging resolution, and screening speed while reducing procurement and life-cycle costs. Improvements in system portability, scalability of architecture, and systems supporting screening at close range and stand-off distances, as well as shoe screening, also are of interest, DHS officials say.

Those who would like to attend should register online no later than 15 July at www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=CHEC21E. Briefings are free and unclassified.

More information is online at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/13-14August2013_Industry_Day/listing.html.