Next Generation Explosives Detection at Airports -...

THE NEW STANDARD IN TRACE DETECTION

Next Generation Explosives Detection at Airports

Hacene Boudries, Implant Sciences, MA, USA

Airport Modernization Summit

2-3 October 2016

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Overview • What is Explosives Trace Detection (ETD)?

• Technology behind trace detection • How is trace detection used in airports?

• Operational aspects to Explosives Trace Detection • Passengers satisfaction • Throughput (False alarm rate, cost, etc..) • Combatting contamination using ETD for hand sampling

• Systems Integration • System within system • Networking • Risk based screening • High level decision making

• About Implant Sciences

Company Confidential 2

Explosive Trace Detection - Application Detection

• Reveals invisible threats

• Identifies substances by name

• Also works for illegal drugs

Variety of security applications

• Aviation security

• Infrastructure protection

• Building and event security

• Military and First Responder

• Mass transit

• And more!


Explosives Trace Detection – Technology

The ETD technology is a process of sample collection and substance identification

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Ion Mobility Spectrometry • Analytical technique; separates and identifies ionized molecules based on

drift time in a carrier gas • False Alarm Rate – some systems 2-5%; QS-B220 < 0.5% • Analysis time – 8-12 seconds • Detection: commercial, military, and homemade explosives. Illegal drugs, incl

synthetics (Spice drugs) • Only security technique that detects and identifies actual threats • Detects and identifies incredibly small amounts (nanograms, or less) trace

levels

Traces Transfer to Anything Touched Every time those hands touch something, a little bit is left behind…

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Corporation

But Even Though They Are Microscopic…


…these traces can be collected, detected, and identified.

Explosives Trace Detection – Technology

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Volatilize Explosives/Narcotics in a Gas Phase

Ionization

Separation

Neutralization in the electrode

Identification using arrival time

Ion Mobility Spectrometry


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Drift Gas

Ion source

Detector



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Explosives Trace Detectors (ETDs) Can… Be used for primary screening

Adheres to best practices for security screening

Screen for both explosives and narcotics


Improved security High throughput Small footprint Dignified search technique Passenger friendly experience Lower cost

Winning Solution

ETD in Aviation Security Today “The Gold Standard”

• Largely deployed as secondary screening tech - alarm resolution

• Checkpoints/ Checked baggage

• In Europe – deployed as primary screening – xx% of passengers

• Systems operationally robust…thousands deployed for decades

Only true “explosives detection” system widely deployed

• Offers scalability in detection of emerging threats

• X-ray technologies are based on bulk properties of explosives

• ETD gives you true identification of explosives – molecular level

Flexible platform for integrated security & data analysis • Systems are typically “network ready” and secure

• Remote monitoring capabilities - upgrades, service, maintenance

• Training is simple

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Selection Criteria for ETD

• Detection (meets global certifications)

• False Alarm Rate

• Cost of ownership

• Throughput/ impact on operations

• Ability to handle contamination (hand sampling)

• Ionization (radiation regulatory issues)

• Training










Detection - Global Certifications Certifications = confidence in detection and operation

Extensive testing done both in lab/ operational testing

Products certified by all 3 agencies meet global standards • Able to detect all current threats • Accepted by all destination countries TSA – US ECAC – Europe CAAC – China










ETD False Alarm Rates What is FAR?

• The % of samples taken that alarms on a threat where no such threat is present

• Excludes “true positive, no threat” occurrences such as heart medication and fertilizer on golf shoes

Lower FAR vs. conventional X-ray/CT technologies

While low, false alarm rates can impact • Checkpoint throughput • Operational costs • Passenger experience • Operator confidence • Threat deterrence

The Impact of False Alarms on Passengers

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Airport Passengers/Year (‘14 data)

Passengers Affected (false alarms per year*)

Heathrow 40,170,805 150,641 Charles de Gaulle 34,938,165 131,018 Schiphol 30,100,455 112,877 Munich 21,736,115 81,510 Gatwick 20,856,830 78,213 Barcelona 20,563,735 77,114 Oslo 13,287,460 49,828

*Incoming passengers only go through security (assume 50% are incoming), 15% passenger screening rate with ETD, Assumes a generic 2.5% False Alarm Rate

Direct Costs of a High ETD False Alarm Rate

Scenario:

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Here, the difference between a FAR of 5% and under 1% is >€200,000/year; dramatically impacts airport operations

Airport with 30,000,000 passengers/year

2,250,000 Passengers/year screened with ETD (15% of outgoing)

Each 1% of FAR will lead to 22,500 false alarms/year

The cost of each false alarm event is approximately 2€

Annual costs of each 1% of FA is 45,000€/year

Probability of Detection vs False Alarm

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Probability of Detection vs False Alarm

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Low Pd

High Pd

High FAR = High Impact on Operations Security Effectiveness

• Distracted security officers refocus away from real threat • Lack of confidence in the equipment • High FAR result in operators mistrusting technology

– Making judgment on resolution protocols

Operational Efficiency • Lower throughput, longer queues • Alarms must be resolved via established protocol • Re-screening with ETD

– Additional consumables are costly

• Pat-down/physical search • In some instances, law enforcement/K9 called • Lost revenue to shops/airport concessions

Passenger Dissatisfaction • Passengers uncomfortable • Irritation/embarrassment - bag opened or given pat down • Longer time waiting in security

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Ability to Handle Contamination ETDs used to sample passenger’s hands can become contaminated

Optimized software designed for • Customers who sample on hands • High throughput • Customers using ETD for primary screening

Benefits: • Improves performance for using ETD for primary screening • Maintains detection performance even in presence of high contamination • Increases # of samples able to be taken in a day • Significantly decreases cost of maintenance • Improves MTBF • Reduces service calls • Lessens total cost of ownership • Will improve performance in a variety of environments including aviation,

commercial and cargo • Provides lab performance in a real world environment


Wand - Designed to Minimize Contamination • Minimize contamination introduced by

operators’ hands

• On-going testing by ECAC

• Counter allows the operator to track how many samples are taken per trap

• Ability to insert the trap into the desorber without taking it out of the wand

• Change traps with the push of a button










Benefits of a Radiation-Free Design

• No restrictions on transport or storage • No licensing or testing required • No decommissioning costs • No international registrations

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A non-radioactive ion source means less hassle for you:

Better specificity • Sharper peaks = better resolution

Non-radioactive source is operationally superior.

Overview • What is Explosives Trace Detection (ETD)?

• Technology behind trace detection • How is trace detection used in airports?

• Operational aspects to Explosives Trace Detection • Passengers satisfaction • Throughput (False alarm rate, cost, etc..) • Combatting contamination using ETD for hand sampling

• Systems Integration • Networking • Risk based screening • System within system • High level decision making


Networking & Analytics Solution Seamless security technology integration

Allows for command center for ETD monitoring

Software tools for analytics including customizable charts, dashboards, reports


Dashboards Reports Charts Groups

Remote Manager

ConnectETD™ - Harnessing the power of networked ETDs

Integration - System within System

Integration with ETD:

• CT, X-Ray, AIT • Security

management software

• Cameras • Physical search


ETD RBS at the Checkpoint

• Valuable component of Risk-Based Screening (RBS)

• Integrates Passenger Name Record (PNR) data

• Dynamic detection configurations for specific passengers

• Integrate RFID and bin matching with X-Ray


Major ETD player • QS-B220 is the only non-rad ETD system to pass TSA, CAAC and ECAC testing • TSA awards: 4600 systems awarded since Nov 2014 – the ONLY ETD selected by TSA in

the past 6 years (100% market share) • Won European contracts for >1000 units ≈ 50% win rate for ECAC tenders

– Netherlands, France, Finland, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Prague, Cyprus, Romania

• Thousands of units sold to over 70 countries worldwide

Proven detection performance

Certified by the best:


About Implant Sciences

QS-B220 Technology Lowest False Alarm Rate in the industry

• Recent airport trials avg. FAR < 0.5% - over 80% LOWER than the competitors • Drives higher throughput • Improves passenger experiences • Makes it less costly to operate

Only fully certified and deployed non-rad ETD • TSA, ECAC, CAAC certified • Aviation market share: North America -100%; European - ≈50% • The ONLY ETD procured by TSA in the last 6 years

Only ETD optimized to sample people • Dynamic Cleaning™ • Optimized for primary screening and hand sampling • Maintains performance in presence of high contamination • New wand certified by ECAC to sample people • Reduces service calls, improves MTBF

Robust networking platform • ConnectETD™ • Seamless security technology integration • Allows for command center for ETD monitoring • Software tools for analytics including customizable charts, dashboards, reports

Superior detection capability • Highest resolution, advanced algorithms

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Thank you!

Questions welcomed

Dr. Hacene Boudries

Vice President, Technology

Booth – BDS

[email protected]

www.implantsciences.com


RBS – Risk Based Screening

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Low Risk lane

Standard Risk Lane

High Risk lane

ID Control

(People screening, Detection, etc…)

New ETDs should be capable of adjusting Pd as a function of Risk Assessment

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