The IONSCANs will be positioned at the ticket counters where checked baggage will be screened as the passenger checks in. The airline concluded that the IONSCAN trace detectors meets TSA 100% baggage screening requirements with minimal impact to their passengers, while providing enhanced security. This represents a shift in the aviation security community from larger detection systems to affordable and easily deployable detection equipment. The IONSCAN offers a lower acquisition and life cycle cost than other computed tomography detectors. The IONSCAN is compact and can be installed without making significant changes to airport physical structure, with minimal impact to airport operations. The IONSCAN is very accurate and therefore facilitates passenger throughput since few bags are rejected for further examination.

There are currently over 3,500 Smiths Detection & Protection Systems - Barringer detectors in use throughout the world, including installations at over 160 airports, with a significant installed base in the U.S., Great Britain, and Asia. The Company has been delivering IONSCAN equipment into the aviation security environment since 1992. Potential business is expected from airlines and from the TSA in the U.S. and from similar agencies throughout the world as the global community accelerates toward enhanced security systems at airports. Security policies prohibit the airline's inclusion by name.

Smiths Aerospace is the leading transatlantic aerospace equipment company, with half its 12,000 staff and $2 billion revenues in North America. Smiths Aerospace holds key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil aircraft and engine manufacturers and is a worldleader in electronic systems, actuation systems, precision components and detection & protection systems.