SBIR Phase II: Fast Remote X-ray Screening

该SBIR第二期项目将提供一种新的国土安全技术的开发，通过集成一种新的网络安全筛查技术和新的电子通信，以及材料处理自动化和计算机化过程控制，提高拥挤场所的安全性。需要新的方法和技术为高客流量和高行人流量的地方提供有效的安全检查。一项主要需求是能够以比使用传统安全检查点高得多的处理速度筛选人员及其携带的物品，同时保持人员通过该系统的顺畅流动。第一期工程证明了技术可行性。第二阶段将完成新的高流量安全筛选系统的开发，并设计、建造和测试接近商业规模的原型系统。计划原型系统将由tsa批准的独立第三方进行测试和评估。测试成功后，系统就可以部署了。美国运输业需要快速有效地改进其安全系统。用于运输系统的改进的安全技术也可以应用于社会的许多其他部门。在当今世界，至关重要的是，我们国家的公民、交通系统、机构和经济得到尽可能最好的保护，免受那些试图削弱和摧毁我们社会的人的伤害。拟议的技术将使人员和物品通过快速有效的安全检查站顺畅流动，处理速度比现有技术提高一个数量级以上。这项新技术将为繁忙和拥挤地区的人们提供比目前更高水平的保护，使他们免受恐怖分子使用武器或爆炸物的袭击。同样，联邦大楼、政府设施、海港、托运人、邮件收发室和其他敏感地点的安全也可以通过拟议的技术得到改善，该技术将允许人员和包裹更快、更少地通过安全检查过程。

This SBIR Phase II project will provide development of a new homeland security technology for improving security for crowded venues by integrating a new networked security screening technology and new electronics communications with materials handling automation and computerized process control. New approaches and technologies are needed to provide effective security screening for places having high passenger and high pedestrian traffic. A primary need is to be able to screen persons and their carried items at significantly higher processing rates from those achieved using conventional security checkpoints while maintaining a smooth flow of people through the system. The Phase I project demonstrated technical feasibility. Phase II will complete development of the new high flow security screening system and design, construct, and test a near commercial scale prototype system. It is planned that the prototype system will be tested and evaluated by a TSA-approved, independent third party. Upon successful testing the system will be ready for deployment.The U.S. transportation industry needs fast effective improvements in its security systems. Improved security technologies for use in transit systems can be applied to many other segments of society as well. In today's world it is vital that our nation's citizenry, transportation systems, institutions, and economy have the best protection possible from those who seek to weaken and destroy our society. The proposed technology will provide smooth flow of people and items through a fast and effective security inspection station with greater than an order of magnitude increase in processing rates compared to current technologies. The new technology will provide a significantly higher level of protection to persons in busy and crowded areas against attacks by terrorists using weapons or explosives than is currently available. Similarly, security at federal buildings, government installations, maritime ports, shippers, mailrooms, and other sensitive locations can be improved by the proposed technology that will allow for a faster and less impeded flow of persons and packages through the security inspection process.