The Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority (Catsa), under a C$27-million ($25.7-million) contract with Smiths Detection, plans to install 140 advanced checkpoint X-ray systems at the nation's airports by February. Major airports-the first being Vancouver, host to the Winter Olympic Games Feb. 12-28-will receive the Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (aTiX) units. The order includes training costs and involves two sizes of scanners, the HI-SCAN 6040 and the slightly larger HI-SCAN 7555, which can accommodate big objects such as strollers. The units replace the traditional single-view systems. The older systems have a single X-ray generator, which restricts the operator to viewing items from only one angle, according to Smiths Detection's president of Security and Inspection, Cherif Rizkalla.
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