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Homeland Security

TSA Releases RFP for Shoe Scanner

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a shoe scanning device (SSD) capable of detecting threat objects concealed in footwear without requiring passengers to remove their footwear as they pass through a security checkpoint. These threat objects include a variety of military, commercial and homemade explosives or explosives devices. Some of the high level goals of the SSD program include achieving the current level of screening capabilities provided by the current Advanced Technology-2 X-Ray…

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