The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected tech company Pangiam to demonstrate its artificial intelligence (A.I.)-driven accessible screening solution to enhance aviation security.
Project Dartmouth, the partnership between Pangiam and Google Cloud, uses artificial intelligence and pattern analysis technologies to digest and analyze vast amounts of data in real time to identify potential prohibited items in carry-on baggage.
“As TSA and other security agencies adopt 3D Computed Tomography (CT), this application of A.I. represents a potentially transformative leap in aviation security, making air travel safer and more consistent, while allowing TSA’s highly trained officers to focus on bags that pose the greatest risk,” said Alexis Long, product director, Pangiam. "Our aim is to utilize AI and computer vision technologies to enhance security by providing TSA and security officers with powerful tools to detect prohibitive items that may pose a threat to aviation security is a significant step toward setting a new security standard with worldwide implications."
TSA’s Innovation Task Force (ITF) issued a broad agency announcement (BAA) for transportation security solutions in December 2021 to identify solutions that are rigorously evaluated and demonstrated in a live operational environment. ITF’s mission is to identify and demonstrate emerging solutions that increase security effectiveness and efficiency, improve passenger experience and to deliver solutions that secure the freedom of movement throughout the nation’s transportation system.
The first series of Project Dartmouth trials is set to begin at TSA’s System Integration Facility (TSIF)–a 128,000-square-foot lab that serves as a testing ground for latest technologies for possible implementation at airport security checkpoints. While TSA is the first to debut the Project Dartmouth initiative in North America, Pangiam is also working with AGS Airports Group on trials at Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports in the U.K.
Pangiam’s A.I.-based solution is built to Open Architecture standards and can be interoperable with hardware and equipment in a “plug and play” manner, allowing security operations to be transformed quickly through software innovation.
For more information, visit www.pangiam.com.
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