DHS seeks new proposals for Screening at Speed program

Passenger Terminal Today
Kylie Bielby
20 August 2024

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a new Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA), which is a standing, open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to propose research and development projects in support of US national security. DHS is encouraging proposals for 23 research and development topics, which include screening at speed (SaS) and detection canine technologies.

SaS is the DHS S&T program that aims to increase security effectiveness while reducing wait times and improving the passenger experience. Examples include self-service screening and new handheld screening wands. DHS defines SaS as a “developing technology that would enable the scanning of walking passengers, acquiring data through most garments and reliably detecting a wider range of prohibited items regardless of concealment”. The SaS program will also integrate these screening tools with wide-area surveillance, airport risk assessment modeling, high-speed data processing, risk-based screening and other technologies to further reduce the overall risk throughout an airport.

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