OSI Systems Advanced Body Scanners to Be Deployed at Heathrow and Manchester International Airports in the United Kingdom
10 February 2010 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically integrated
provider of specialized electronic products for critical
applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today
announced Rapiscan Systems has deployed its Advanced Imaging
Technology Secure 1000 Single Pose body scanners at Heathrow and
Manchester International Airports in the United Kingdom.
The deployments follow the announcement by the UK Department for
Transport (DfT) that it will use the Advanced Imaging Technology
systems in wake of the failed terrorist incident on Northwest
Airlines Flight 253 on December 25, 2009. The mandate calls for the
use of these systems in airports in the United Kingdom for the
screening of passengers. The Secure 1000 Single Pose’s
industry-leading throughput should assist the processing of
passengers at Heathrow and Manchester Airport, two of the world’s
busiest airports.
OSI Systems Chairman and CEO, Deepak Chopra, stated: “We are
pleased to be working closely with Heathrow Airport and Manchester
Airport to deploy the Advanced Imaging Systems in accordance with
the new DfT requirements. Since the beginning of the year,
international interest in the Rapiscan Secure 1000 Single Pose has
increased significantly as we are one of only two qualified vendors
by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for such
systems. Our global manufacturing and supply resources enables us
to meet the increased demand for this product while continuing to
meet the needs of our customers for our complete range of security
and inspection systems.”
Mr. Ajay Mehra, President of Rapiscan Systems, commented: “We
believe the Secure 1000 Single Pose is particularly well suited for
the needs of high throughput airports such as Heathrow and
Manchester. Its backscatter technology provides significant
detection benefits, while at the same time it offers the best
passenger throughput of any available screening system.”
The Secure 1000 Single Pose has been approved by the U.S.
Transportation Security Administration and is currently being
deployed at airports in the U.S. The Secure 1000 Single Pose uses
advanced backscatter technology and proprietary image processing
software to rapidly detect potential threats on passengers at
aviation checkpoints. The Secure 1000 Single Pose is designed to
help screeners detect potential threat objects concealed on
passengers. Using backscatter imaging technology and proprietary
image processing software, the system offers advantages over
alternatives such as metal detectors and hand searches, because it
can rapidly help screeners comprehensively detect non-metallic
threats and explosives, as well as metal objects. In addition, the
system, which complies with all U.S. government passenger privacy
and safety requirements, is configured to improve overall
checkpoint efficiency: to complete the scan, a passenger faces the
Secure 1000 Single Pose while front and back scans are generated
and within seconds, a computer-aided image is presented for
inspection, thereby streamlining the screening process.
About OSI Systems, Inc.
OSI Systems, Inc. is a vertically integrated designer and
manufacturer of specialized electronic systems and components for
critical applications in the homeland security,
healthcare, defense and aerospace industries. We combine more
than 30 years of electronics engineering and manufacturing
experience with offices and production facilities in more than
a dozen countries to implement a strategy of expansion into
selective end product markets. For more information on OSI Systems
Inc. or any of its subsidiary companies, visit www.osi-systems.com.
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