Belgium Airport & Airways Agency purchases first baggage screening system to detect explosives, including plastic; InVision Technologies uses computed tomography to provide additional protection for travelers against threat of terrorism.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1994--InVision Technologies Inc., the developer of an explosive detection system Noun 1. explosive detection system - a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports EDS for airport luggage screening, announced that it has made its first sale of its CTX CTX Context (Management; Tandem) CTX Centex Corporation (stock symbol) CTX Centrex CTX Cyclophosphamide CTX Corporate Trade Exchange CTX Cytoxan CTX Cholera Toxin CTX Clinical Trial Exemption 5000 Automatic Explosives Detection System. The sale was made to the Belgium Airport & Airways Agency (BAAA BAAA Bay Area Apartment Association (Tampa, FL) BAAA Blind Adaptive Antenna Array BAAA Bay Area Autodueling Association (gaming) ). The system has been delivered to the Brussels Airport and will be operational by mid-December, 1994. "The CTX 5000 will enhance the safety of the 12 million passengers travelling annually through this major, central European airport," said Sergio Magistri, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of InVision Technologies. "We are pleased that the new Brussels Airport and BAAA have acquired our technology." The CTX 5000 baggage screening equipment is designed to automatically detect all categories of explosives, including plastic explosives like that which resulted in the loss of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988. InVision's device has undergone extensive testing for the past two years at major international airports in the United States List of airports in the United States, grouped by state or territory and sorted by city. Due to the large number of airports in the United States, this page only lists public use airports providing scheduled passenger services with over 10,000 passenger boardings per year , England, Hong Kong, Israel and Italy. The tests have involved all types of explosives in many configurations. These tests have independently confirmed the equipment's unparalleled detection capabilities. The CTX 5000 is the only baggage security system that uses Computed Tomography (CT) to produce cross-sectional images. CTX 5000 combines CT with high quality X-ray images to provide a clear picture of a bag's contents. X-ray images alone are limited because the objects in a bag are superimposed and cluttered. CTX 5000 produces both X-ray and thin cross-sectional images. These images do not suffer from the superimposition of a bag's contents. This unique view of luggage allows an operator to quickly and confidently detect all types of unusual objects regardless of their shape or environment. To date, the CTX 5000 is the only explosive detection device to have been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA) in the United States for certification. InVision Technologies Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. formed in 1990 to develop, manufacture and market advanced computed tomography (CT) technology in the baggage, parcel and freight scanning markets. The company is based in Foster City, Calif. CONTACT: Coltrin & Associates, New York Todd Irwin, 212/221-1616 |
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