SBIR Phase II: Fast Remote X-ray Screening

SBIR第二阶段项目将提供一种新的国土安全技术的开发，通过将新的网络安全检查技术和新的电子通信与材料处理自动化和计算机化过程控制相结合，来提高拥挤场所的安全性。我们需要新的方法和技术，为人流和行人流量高的地方提供有效的安全检查。主要的需要是能够以比使用常规安全检查站所实现的处理速率高得多的处理速率来筛查人员及其携带的物品，同时保持人员通过系统的顺畅流动。第一阶段项目证明了技术可行性。 第二阶段将完成新的高流量安全检查系统的开发，并设计、建造和测试一个接近商业规模的原型系统。计划由TSA批准的独立第三方对原型系统进行测试和评估。测试成功后，该系统将准备部署。美国运输业需要快速有效地改进其安全系统。用于过境系统的改进的安全技术也可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、机构和经济必须得到最好的保护，免受那些试图削弱和破坏我们社会的人的伤害。拟议的技术将提供人员和物品通过快速有效的安全检查站的顺畅流动，与现有技术相比，处理速度将提高一个数量级以上。这项新技术将为在忙碌和拥挤地区的人们提供比目前高得多的保护，使他们免遭恐怖分子使用武器或爆炸物的袭击。类似地，联邦建筑物、政府设施、海港、托运人、邮件收发室和其他敏感位置的安全性可以通过所提出的技术来改进，该技术将允许人员和包裹通过安全检查过程的更快和更少阻碍的流动。

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.