Detection of Explosives for Commercial Aviation Security (1993) / Chapter Skim
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1 SYSTEMS CONSIDERATIONS
1 SYSTEMS CONSIDERATIONS
Pages 15-22
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Within the larger frame of reference, this threat can be responded to by a wide range of activities involving deterrence, aircraft hardening, and detecting and removing concealed explosive devices. Within the airport environment, the definition of the role of explosive detection in the overall security program provides important inputs for defining the internal EDS architecture.
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However, in the analogous industrial context of monitoring the quality of manufactured products and seeking to find defective items, one can easily imagine inspection sampling plans in which some portion of products bypass examination. Such a plan conceivably could be cost effective when the financial costs of sampling and failing to detect a flawed item are well understood and when the latter penalty is relatively low (e.g., routine warranty costs and no possibility of excessive litigation)
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The application of simulation also imposes a solution framework on the problem, which itself can be a very useful way to define and structure the problem in an iterative fashion. Simulations which can aid the assessment of incorporating various explosive detection strategies into current airport terminal operations will be of value to the FAA, carriers, and airport operators.
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This simulation capability would be extremely useful for future airport terminal design where the number of constraints would be small. The simulation tools should be available to the FAA, policy makers, air carriers, airport operators, airport designers, and manufacturers of explosive detection equipment to provide guidance for making rational decisions for deployment of inspection hardware, personnel, etc., into an effective overall plan within acceptable air carrier and airport operational requirements.
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This information would form the basis for developing realistic simulations of EDS operations in widely diverse airport and air carrier operating environments so that the most efficient use of space can be determined, as well as the best way to integrate an EDS with the existing baggage handling systems. A primary goal of the modeling activity is to incorporate a sufficient range of space and operational circumstances to provide analytical support for airport architects who can either modify existing space or design space to accommodate the new baggage screening equipment.
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At least one terminal should be planning renovation/expansion. ~ One should involve a terminal operation that functions under extreme cold weather conditions; one that functions under extreme moist heat conditions; and one other that operates under extreme dry heat conditions.
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The modeling should allow analysis of the implications on space requirements and air carrier operations associated with new federal regulations pertaining to checked baggage explosive detection and expansion of FAA screening requirements having to do with passenger and baggage explosive detection and screening. For example, it would be of interest to simulate the impact of the following scenarios: ~ the explosive detection screening of all checked baggage for all international departures; ~ the explosive detection screening of all checked baggage for all domestic departures; · application of positive passenger/baggage matching procedures for use throughout the checked baggage explosive detection process and up to the time of aircraft departure; .
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Findings of the study should highlight the advantages and disadvantages associated with certain design solutions under differing levels of activity, including generalized conceptual equipment deployment and flow patterns, and the resulting sensitivity and specificity for explosive detection. Key Simulation Products activity are: Potential outputs resulting from a comprehensive simulation modeling · confidence level that an EDS would meet the FAA-mandated requirements, including threat detection, baggage processing rate, and false alarm rate, in the context of overall airport operations; .
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