London Gatwick Airport Again Selects Smiths Detection’s CTX 9800 Hold Baggage Explosives Detection System
20 July 2017 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Smiths Detection LLC, formerly Morpho Detection
LLC, today announced a second contract with Gatwick Airport to
supply and service eleven additional CTX 9800 DSi™ explosives
detection systems (EDS).
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Smiths Detection's CTX 9800 EDS screens
up to 1,800 bags per hour. (Photo: Business Wire)
Following a successful trial and order for nine CTX 9800 EDS
announced earlier this year, Gatwick will deploy eleven additional
units to screen all in-gauge baggage in the North Terminal –
helping ensure the safety of more than 45 million passengers a
year. This is the first order for the enhanced CTX 9800, which
offers increased throughput thanks to a belt speed of 0.5 meters
per second. Scheduled for deployment by September 2018, Smiths
Detection’s on-site network of expert engineers and technicians
will help ensure peak performance and maximum uptime for a minimum
of ten years.
Alasdair Scobie, Head of Commercial Operations at Gatwick
Airport said: “As a growing global airport, serving 228
destinations in 74 countries, Gatwick’s focus is to maintain its
robust security screening process while also enhancing the
passenger experience. Working with Smiths Detection to upgrade
Gatwick’s existing automated hold baggage screening systems ensures
that we meet regulatory mandates whilst handling the growing
passenger demand as we expand Gatwick’s role as a global
airport.”
Powered by leading edge computed tomography (CT) technology, CTX
9800 is approved by the European Civil Aviation Conference as
meeting Standard 3 requirements and certified by the U.S.
Transportation Security Administration and Civil Aviation
Administration of China.
“Investing in localised service support allows Smiths Detection
to facilitate an unmatched, end-to-end hold baggage screening
solution that can help all airports ensure regulatory compliance
and enhance detection capabilities,” said Martin Parker, UK EDS
Sales Leader, Smiths Detection. “Smiths Detection looks forward to
continued collaboration with Gatwick to screen hold baggage faster
and more efficiently.”
Capable of screening 1,800 bags per hour, CTX 9800 combines
high-resolution 3D visuals with intuitive navigational tools –
allowing the operator to ‘travel’ through the bag and manipulate
images.
Smiths Detection’s CTX family of EDS is the most widely used in
the world, with more than 2,000 units shipped worldwide.
For more information on successfully navigating the transition
to Standard 3 and Smiths Detection’s solutions, visit
www.morphodetection.com.
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About Smiths Detection
Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group, is a global leader in
threat detection and screening technologies for military, air
transportation, homeland security and emergency response markets.
Our experience and history across more than 40 years at the
frontline, enables us to provide unrivalled levels of expertise to
detect and identify constantly changing chemical, radiological,
nuclear and explosive threats, as well as weapons, dangerous goods,
contraband and narcotics. Our goal is simple – to provide security,
peace of mind and freedom of movement upon which the world depends.
For more information visit www.smithsdetection.com
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