Screening Agreement with NZ Aviation Security Service

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Smiths Detection Signs Hold Baggage Screening Agreement with
New Zealand Aviation Security Service

Auckland, New Zealand, 16 May 2013 – Smiths Detection will upgrade Hold Baggage Screening X-ray systems (HBS) across New Zealand to EU Standard 2 under a newly signed agreement with the New Zealand Aviation Security Service (Avsec), part of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

The agreement, signed after an open tender process, will see the new HBS in operation before the end of 2013 with Smiths Detection maintaining the capability through to 2022. The current HBS fleet was installed by Smiths Detection in 2005.

Cameron Mann, Managing Director of Smiths Detection Australia and New Zealand, said: “I am extremely proud that Smiths Detection has been selected to provide the technical solution to meet the CAA’s aviation security needs. Our EDX-2is Explosives Detection System is the most widely deployed EU Standard 2 screening system in the world, and Smiths Detection has a dedicated service team based in Auckland and Christchurch to maintain the systems.”

Mark Everitt, General Manager of Avsec, said: “Avsec and Smiths Detection have had an on-going relationship since the early 2000s. With Avsec being a 24/7 operation across six international airports, the service and after-hours support provided by Smiths Detection has been outstanding. As we now move forward into the implementation phase, I am sure that Avsec, along with Smiths Detection and other key stakeholders, will achieve the required operational implementation date of 1 January 2014.”

X-ray scanners that meet the EU standard 2 level for the detection of explosives in hold baggage combine advanced multi-view capability, high throughput speed and low false alarm rates.

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