Aviation security

Richard L. Rowe is retired chief executive officer of MCMS, Inc., a 550 million electronics contract manufacturing company. His experience includes sensor technologies applied to aviation security, and his expertise includes new technologies in optics and radio frequency, electronic sensors, and switch products. He has more than 20 years of experience in the electronic sensors and switch products in-... 

Michael Story is retired from Thermo Electron Corporation. He was involved in the research, design, and commercialization of mass spectrometers for 37 years, and is a cofounder of the Finnigan Corporation. He was a member of previous NRC committees on commercial aviation security (1988-1993) and chaired the Panel on Test Protocol and Performance Criteria. 

HSPD - 16 Aviation Strategy. Details a strategic vision for aviation security while recognizing ongoing efforts, and directs the production of a National Strategy for Aviation Security and supporting plans. 

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Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990, authorizes screening of checked... 

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Source Adapted from K. Linker, Large-Volume Sampling and Preconcentration, 3rd Explosives Detection Technology Symposium and Aviation Security Technology Conference, Adan-tic City, NJ, USA, 26-27 November, 2001. 

The record from the past decade suggests that trace analyzers can provide a benefit for commercial aviation security and that the challenges faced today center on the interface between a sample and an analyzer. Contributions of IMS in filling current needs in the determination of explosives, in various venues and with the range of security challenges faced by civilian and mifitary populations, may hang on the next generation of instruments. In these instruments, each of the questions posed above will need development or advancement. 

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In the congressional research service (CRS) report for the USA Congress (2005), Shea and Morgan [75] included chemical luminescence as one of the trace detection techniques for aviation security. They point out that bulk detection of explosives on airline passengers is of interest and that these systems detect only bulk quantities of explosives, so they would not raise nuisance alarms on passengers who have recently handled explosives for innocuous reasons. They also mention that trace detection techniques would also detect bulk quantities of explosives and may raise security concerns about passengers who have been in contact with explosives. 

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