Lassen Peak Awarded Two Foundational Patents for World's First Handheld Terahertz Concealed Weapon Detection System

Apparatus and method-of-use patents establish full-stack intellectual property protection for the company's AirFrisk(TM) handheld scanner BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a ...
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Weapons detection scanners likely coming to Henrico schools

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Henrico County Public Schools' months-long process of testing metal detectors and weapons detection scanner technology will soon come to a close. No weapons have been recovered ...
Homeland Security Today

Smiths Detection launches HI-SCAN 6040C, New Generation of X-ray Scanners for Public Buildings

Smiths Detection has launched HI-SCAN 6040C, a compact checkpoint scanner designed specifically to screen hand-carried items in the entrance areas of public buildings. HI-SCAN 6040C meets all ...
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Smiths Detection Launches New Dual-View Scanner

Smiths Detection has launched a new dual-view X-ray scanner, the HI-SCAN 7555 DV. The new model is designed to eliminate the need to re-position or rescan objects. Display functions provide ...
Business Wire

Smiths Detection HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX Scanner Granted EDS CB C2 Approval

WIESBADEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection releases its first checkpoint scanner with innovative Computed Tomography (CT) technology, following approval by ECAC for EDS CB C2 – testing for ...
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Smiths Detection Now Has Two Scanners with ECAC Standard 3.1 Approval

NEWARK, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection has achieved ECAC Standard 3.1 approval for its CTX 9800 DSi™ 0.5 m/s hold baggage explosives detection system. This is the second Smiths Detection ...
Security

Scanners may not detect all nuclear weapons bound for U.S.

Flaws persist in masterminding a multi-program, $2.8 billion yearly anti- smuggling detection system to block rogue nations and terrorists from mounting a nuclear attack on the United States, the ...
Miami Herald

MIA gets new 3-D explosives detection scanner that will speed up your security wait

Miami International Airport unveiled its new 3-D explosives detection scanner Tuesday. It’s designed to make flying safer — and to speed up security lines. In one security checkpoint in MIA’s ...
Automation World

New Compact R2000 Detection Laser Scanner Leverages True Time-of-Flight Technology and Delivers Precise 360-degree Scanning, with Intuitive User-configurable Detection Fields

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces the R2000 Detection Laser Scanner. Smaller than most coffee mugs, these 2D laser scanners feature a 360-degree gapless measurement angle with angular resolution within 0.071 ...
Security

Smiths Detection Installs Scanners for President's EU Visit

Company's technology used in securing airports also used for security scanning at Bush visit to EU BRUSSELS -- Security measures for the first visit by a US President to the European Union in Brussels ...
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3-D CT scanner to improve explosive detection in luggage at Kennedy Airport

JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- The TSA has taken steps to improve airport security at John F. Kennedy International Airport with new checkpoint technology. A new computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanner ...