Morpho Detection, the detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, today announced its medium speed CTX 5800 hold baggage explosives detection system (EDS) has been evaluated by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) as meeting European Union Standard 3 requirements. The CTX 5800 is also certified by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
Morpho Detection, the detection business of Morpho, Safran group's security unit, today announced its medium speed CTX 5800 hold baggage explosives detection system (EDS) has been evaluated by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) as meeting European Union Standard 3 requirements. The CTX 5800 is also certified by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
This evaluation gives European authorities and airports flexibility in meeting their security challenges with a choice of a powerful, but smaller-size EU-compliant computed tomography-based (CT) screening solution. EU regulations state all new EDS equipment purchases should meet Standard 3 requirements by 2012.
The CTX 5800 explosives detection solution customizes CT-based imaging technology for smaller and space-constrained airports, giving them a technology edge to help meet their growing aviation security and operational challenges," said Dennis Cooke, president and CEO, Morpho Detection, Inc. "Successful completion of ECAC evaluation of this small but powerful EDS, along with recent evaluations of the larger CTX 9400 DSi? and CTX 9800 DSi?, allows all airports to adopt with confidence the detection effectiveness, operational efficiency and customer-pleasing speed of CT-based hold baggage screening.
With the addition of the CTX 5800 to Morpho Detection's industry-leading CTX family of EDS, airport and security operators now have a CTX to choose from regardless of size, passenger volume, bore size or infrastructure requirements. With nearly 2,000 CTX deployed worldwide, Morpho Detection has more EDS experience than all other manufacturers combined.