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Smiths Detection’s FirstView-LINX Enhances Air Cargo Security and Data

Dépèche transmise le 27 avril 2011 par Business Wire

MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection today unveils FirstView-LINX, a unique security software platform for air cargo screening that offers X-ray and explosives trace detection results in a single view.

“Our new FirstView-LINX software offers the most advanced integrated solution for cargo screening. In addition, if our customers or the authorities need an urgent, comprehensive audit on any item the system can provide it in seconds.”

The software upgrade, easily installed in Smiths Detection’s existing HI-SCAN X-ray systems and IONSCAN 500DT explosive trace detectors, also provides the operations center with advanced data collection through automatic bar code identification of the screened item.

Using two of the most effective and widely deployed screening solutions world-wide, FirstView-LINX is designed to help shippers and freight forwarders expedite and consolidate screening results and automate the reporting requirements for air cargo screening.

Jim Viscardi, Vice President, Sales, Smiths Detection said: “Our new FirstView-LINX software offers the most advanced integrated solution for cargo screening. In addition, if our customers or the authorities need an urgent, comprehensive audit on any item the system can provide it in seconds.”

With 16 different X-ray machines and other technologies on the TSA’s approved technology list, Smiths Detection already offers the widest range of detection systems for air cargo. Since August 2010 all air cargo on passenger aircraft in the US must be screened for explosives.

To learn more about FirstView-LINX, please visit: http://www.smithsdetection.com/5823.php.

Smiths Detection (www.smithsdetection.com) designs and makes advanced solutions to detect and identify threats including explosives, chemical agents, biohazards, nuclear, radiation, narcotics, weapons and contraband. A market leader worldwide in providing layered security technologies, Smiths Detection has plants in eight U.S. states. It partners federal and state government agencies and first responders to strengthen homeland security and safeguard the military. Major customers include the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is part of Smiths Group (www.smiths.com), a global leader in the practical application of advanced technologies. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people, including more than 9,000 in the U.S. where it operates around 100 sites in 40 states. For more information on its U.S. operations: U.S. Fact Book.