L-3 Communications announced that it has received an order from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for its ProVision 2 next-generation security scanners for primary passenger screening at airports across the United States.
L-3 Communications announced that it has received an order from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for its ProVision 2 next-generation security scanners for primary passenger screening at airports across the United States. The value of the award is more than $21 million.
"We're pleased that the TSA has chosen L-3's ProVision 2 as part of its strategy to enhance checkpoint security and the airline passenger experience," said Michael T. Strianese, L-3's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We are committed to building on our long-term relationship with the TSA and to continue investing in research and development initiatives that yield security innovations and meet performance requirements."
Deployed at approximately 200 U.S. airports, the ProVision platform is the industry's leading solution for safe and efficient advanced personnel screening. This order brings the U.S. aviation installed base to approximately 1,000 systems, with nearly 2,000 ProVision systems used at airports and other security screening checkpoints worldwide.
Work on this contract will be done by L-3's Security & Detection Systems division, which is part of the Aviation Products & Security sector within the Electronic Systems business segment.