L-3’s Examiner XLB Explosives Detection System for U.K. Airport

Operator L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) has received an order for 12 Examiner XLB explosives detection systems (EDS) from LHR, a U.K. airport operator. With its ability to scan over 1,200 bags per hour, it is “the first dual-energy TSA-certified system to meet the industry’s high-speed EDS classification and achieve EU Standard 3 approval under the Common Evaluation Program (CEP) of Security Equipment,” the Company claims. “We are very pleased that LHR has selected our advanced high-speed system,” said Thomas M. Ripp, president of L-3 Security & Detection Systems. “Using dual-energy CT provides additional data that conventional single-energy CTs cannot deliver. The threats to aviation are evolving, and we believe the XLB is uniquely positioned to address them.”