Tampa airport in line for new technology
Tampa International Airport is among nine airports scheduled to receive new imaging technology from the Transportation Safety Administration in the coming months.The new advanced technology x-ray and passenger imaging, coupled with enhanced security training, will elevate security, Kip Hawley, TSA administrator, said in a release.
Passenger imaging technologies enable TSA to detect prohibited items including weapons, explosives and other metallic and non-metallic objects concealed under layers of clothing without physical contact, the release said. Advantages of advanced technology X-ray include a greatly enhanced image with the ability to target novel threat items resulting in fewer bag checks and the ability to upgrade the system with enhanced algorithms, the release said.
In addition to Tampa, airports set to receive the new technology are Chicago O'Hare, Atlanta, Newark, Boston, Indianapolis, New York LaGuardia, San Juan and San Francisco. Airports already operating new technologies include Baltimore-Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Denver, Dallas/Fort-Worth, Detroit, Miami, Ronald Reagan Washington National, New York John F. Kennedy, Washington-Dulles and Las Vegas, according to the TSA.