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Allen-Vanguard Re-launches
Mirror Range
Allen-Vanguard, has redesigned its popular CEM series of search
mirrors to further enhance accessibility for search professionals.
The telescopic CEM series, which includes an under vehicle
rechargeable trolley mirror, is a convenient and valuable search kit for
otherwise inaccessible areas in vehicles and buildings as well as on
ships. This device is currently used by the Police, Customs, prisons
and border control as well as military and counter terrorist forces.
The CEM units now include a long telescopic arm that has an
optional light pod with ultra-bright LEDs. The five-section arm is
lightweight with a unique injection-moulded, locking mechanism which
fixes the arm in position during use.
Manufactured from extruded aluminium with a grey finish, the CEM
mirrors have non-slip rubberised handles which provide improved grip
and comfort for users. For ease of transport and storage, the arm
retracts fully into the handle section.
Allen-Vanguard’s interchangeable parts enhance the versatility of
the CEM series. A friction joint on the head allows easy angle view
adjustment and enables the head assembly to fold back, locking the
unit shut when closed.
Analogic Receives $7.6 Million
TSA Order for COBRA
Originally conceived and designed independently by the Company, the
COBRA was enhanced under a TSA contract as part of its programme to
develop Automatic Explosives Detection (Auto-EDS) Systems for the
checkpoint. Scanning up to 550 bags or bins per hour, the COBRA
provides high-resolution, 3-D images of the contents of a bag or bin, which
then can be rotated on-screen with the touch of a finger for improved on-
screen threat-image evaluation by the operator. The computed-
tomography-based system can automatically detect explosives and
weapons, and can highlight them for closer inspection along with other
potential threats found by inspecting the 3-D images. The COBRA includes
an automatic Bin Return System (BRS) that saves additional time and
labour by returning empty bins beneath the system on a motorized
conveyor to the front of the passenger security checkpoint.
Analogic Corporation has received an order from the U.S. Transportation Jim Green, President and CEO of Analogic, noted, “We are very pleased
Security Administration (TSA) for its innovative COBRA® Automatic to announce our first production order for the COBRA. At the end of July,
Explosives and Weapons Detection System for aircraft passenger our first prototype COBRA unit was installed at Cleveland Hopkins
checkpoints. The TSA will initially purchase 12 COBRA units with International Airport in Ohio, the first Checkpoint Auto-EDS to be piloted at
installation and support services from Analogic at a value of $7.6 million. a U.S. airport. The COBRA has been very well received by passengers and
This order is part of a broader Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) by checkpoint inspectors. The installation of these additional systems at
contract for up to 40 systems over two years and field support services airport checkpoints across the U.S. will provide the opportunity to
over five years at a combined potential value of $37.5 million, with a demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of what we believe to be the
potential additional $40 million for further engineering services over five most sophisticated and efficient tool available today to detect explosives
years for a combined maximum potential contract value of $77.5 million. and weapons at the checkpoint.
46 December 2007 Aviationsecurityinternational
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