TSA Qualifies R&S QPS201
Rohde & Schwarz says the Transportation Security Administration has qualified the company’s QPS201 personnel security scanner. The company plans to offer the body scanner to the agency for the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) program. Currently, TSA has only deployed the Leidos ProVision AIT system.
BSTC Has New Name, Members
The Border Security Technology Consortium is now the Homeland Security Technology Consortium, supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other potential customers within the Department of Homeland Security in providing collaborative research and development and rapid prototyping and piloting capabilities related to the border security domain. A Federal Register notice says that a number of new entities have been added to the consortium, including Huckworthy LLC, LAINE Technologies, ManTech International Corp. [MANT], MetroStar Systems LLC, Scientific Research Corp., The NOMAD Group, UEC Electronics and Universal Strategic Advisors.
NII Developer Spectrohm Raises $2M in Seed Funding
Spectrohm, which is developing non-intrusive inspection (NII) technology based in radio waves, recently closed a $2 million seed investment led by HCVC with additional investment from Good Growth Capital, RavenTek, J. Hunt Holdings, Dragon Ventures, and Klein Venture Partners. “Using ‘long’ radio wavelengths lets us both see deep and also see the radio-light colors of different materials within packages,” says Tim Cargol, Spectrohm’s founder and CEO. “And that gives us the capability to very quickly ‘see and detect’ threats with low false alarm rates, something that even the best X-Ray and millimeter wave-based inspection systems struggle with. Our technique is revolutionary, but what we’re building is highly feasible thanks to the maturity of the underlying technologies and advancements in sensors, manufacturing, and AI software.” The company says it will initially focus on security applications that entail “high-volume, speed-of-commerce threat identification,” such as high-speed inspection of international air-cargo packages for threats to flight safety and smuggled drugs. The company also says its NII technology will address cost, safety and throughput limitations.