Safran Identity & Security, through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, has announced a framework agreement with the UK airport operator Manchester Airports Group (MAG). Morpho is to supply and service its CTX explosives detection systems (EDS) at three airports – Manchester, East Midlands and Bournemouth.
After testing, MAG will use CTX 9800 DSi and compact CTX 5800 EDS machines to screen all passenger checked baggage and compliy with UK Department for Transport mandates on the use of Standard 3-approved EDS by September 2018. For system uptime, Morpho Detection’s onsite engineers and technicians will facilitate response and preventative maintenance services for a minimum of ten years.
Martin Parker, UK EDS Sales Leader, Morpho Detection, said: “Morpho Detection is excited to expand our work with Manchester Airports Group through the deployment and servicing of advanced hold baggage EDS that meet the demands of new regulatory mandates and growing passenger traffic. Morpho Detection has 25 years of experience developing, installing and servicing detection solutions in airports of all sizes throughout the UK, Europe and around the world.”
Morpho Detection says that it and MAG have worked together to integrate detection for more than 20 years. Manchester Airport was one of the first airports to use CT technology for hold baggage screening when in 1995, they purchased 10 CTX 5500 products. These systems are still operational as a result of servicing and software enhancements. This most recent framework agreement means that Manchester Airport will become the longest user of CTX systems in the world.
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