Walkthrough screening system enhances security at airports nationwide

A new security screener that people can simply walk past may soon be coming to an airport near you. In 2024, U.S. airports nationwide began adopting HEXWAVE—a commercialized walkthrough security screening system based on microwave imaging technology developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory—to satisfy a new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) mandate for enhanced employee screening to detect metallic and nonmetallic threats.

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