TSA to Conduct First Real World Test of Cutting-Edge Backscatter Technology

Passenger vehicles on New Jersey ferry will be screened for explosives
Oct. 20, 2004

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin testing advanced explosives detection technology today as part of the agency's Secure Automobile Inspection Lanes (SAIL) project. For the next 30 days, passenger vehicles boarding the Cape May-Lewes Ferry will be screened for explosives with Z-Backscatter technology. This prototype ferry security project is one in a series of TSA programs designed to test emerging technologies on various modes of transportation for possible use in future screening projects.

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