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Teledyne FLIR helps to keep airspace surrounding Swedish critical infrastructure free of drones
Smiths Detection equips Tokyo International Airport with intelligent technology solutions for a seamless and safe check-in experience
Teledyne FLIR successfully completed an installation of a long-range drone detection system for a critical Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and infrastructure site in Sweden. A smart slew-to-cue system, security inspection technologies, today announces that combining radar, thermal imaging and visual sensors, makes sure no unmanned aircraft system goes undetected. it has supplied Tokyo International Airport with 12 sets of HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX carry-on baggage screening systems, iLane smart automatic tray return systems, and UV-C tray disinfection systems.
As drones are becoming commercially available to a wider audience, effective drone detection and monitoring has become increasingly important, especially for critical infrastructures and sites, such as power plants, utility centers and airports. However, effective and accurate drone detection is challenging. In contrast to land-based monitoring and detection, aerial detection has a much wider, domeshaped area to cover, with no real reference points. In addition, today’s drones are fast and small, and they can demonstrate erratic flying behavior. Visual detection systems have an additional
challenge, in that they need to detect objects in variable sky and weather conditions. Teledyne FLIR recently provided a robust drone detection system for a Swedish critical infrastructure customer. The project – completed early 2022 – was also made possible by Teledyne FLIR’s longtime distributor and integration partner CCTVSystems AB, a company which has been in the video surveillance systems business since 1982. Just like Teledyne FLIR, CCTVSystems AB has vast experience in providing threat detection systems for industrial and security sectors all over the world.
Smiths Detection’s products will support the“JAL SMART SECURITY”addressed by Japan Airlines at Tokyo International Airport Domestic Terminal security checkpoints and utilize cutting-edge technology to realize more advanced security inspections. It will be introduced from April 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in August 2022. Smiths Detection’s HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX is a computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanner producing highresolution volumetric 3D images for quicker baggage assessment and low false-alarm rates. It allows
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electronics and liquids to remain in bags, speeding up passenger screening and reducing touchpoints. The next generation fully automated tray return system, the iLane, delivers high throughput and efficiency, streamlining the screening process and eliminating passenger bottlenecks. The UV-C, an ultraviolet light tray disinfection kit, which is seamlessly integrated into the iLane tray return system, eliminates up to 99.9% of microorganisms, including coronaviruses, helping to protect passengers and staff from tactile transmission of contagious diseases.
