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Assessment of technologies deployed to improve aviation security. First report / Panel on Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- Compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airports--Security measures--United States--Evaluation.
- Airports.
- Aeronautics--Security measures--United States--Evaluation.
- Aeronautics.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (88 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This report assesses the operational performance of explosives-detection equipment and hardened unit-loading devices (HULDs) in airports and compares their operational performance to their laboratory performance, with a focus on improving aviation security.
- Contents:
- Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Grand Architecture; 3 Roles and Responsibilities; 4 Baggage Handling; 5 Blast-Resistant Containers; 6 Bulk Explosives Detection; 7 Trace Explosives Detection; 8 Computer-Assisted Passenger Screening and Positive Passenger-Bag Matching; 9 Human Factors; 10 Evaluation of Architectures; 11 Response to Congress; References; Biographical Sketches of Panel Members
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-17243-8
- 0-309-51402-9
- OCLC:
- 817957919
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