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EG&G; Wins Bid for Airport X-Ray System

By Karen Kaplan
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EG&G; Astrophysics in Long Beach won a $20-million contract to design and construct two X-ray facilities that can spot smuggled goods in aircraft containers. The division of Wellesley, Mass.-based EG&G; will install two systems at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, one of Europe’s busiest airports. The X-ray system can see drugs, arms and other undeclared items in cargo containers up to 26 feet long, 10 feet wide and 11.5 feet high. The combination of vertical and horizontal scanners, detectors and proprietary software can handle up to 30 containers an hour. A similar EG&G; system is used by Chinese authorities at the border town of Huanggang in the Shenzhen special economic zone and inspects 50,000 trucks a year.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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