Panel discussion at Passenger Terminal Conference 2017

1. Moderator:
• Larry Studdiford, PMP – President, Studdiford Technical Solutions, LLC
Concept to deployment: the
Lifecycle of Explosives Detection
Panelists:
• Stan DeFilippis, Director, Federal Accounts – Leidos
• Todd Silvestri, Vice President – L3 Security and Detection
• Gerard Hanley, Director, Global Certification – Rapiscan Systems
• Luke Olsen, Director of Sales, Transportation Security – Smiths Detection

2. Agenda
• Security Initiative Priorities
• Regulatory Procurement Process Challenges
• U.S. vs. EU Certification/Qualification Process
• Impact of World Economies
• Technology Adoption Difficulties
• Innovation vs. Spiral Development
• Summary
• Questions

3. Security Priorities
• What are the worldwide priorities for security screening?
• TSA
• Increased throughput of passenger
screening checkpoints
• “Processing at the speed of life”
• Reduced False Alarm
• Balance of security vs. efficiency
• Risk-based
• Pre-Check
• Reduced staffing requirements
• ECAC, EU
• Positive passenger experience
• Liquids & Gels (LAGS)
• Duty-free
• Protocol consistency system-wide
• Improving security standards from
minimum requirements
• HBS: Standard 3
• Checkpoints: Standard 3 “equivalency”

4. Regulatory Procurement Process Challenges
• European Union vs. United States
• Lack of Harmonization
• Definition of “Qualified” vs. “Certified”
• Who is the “standard setter” for the rest of the world?
• Too much, or too little regulation
• Impact on Research & Development funding
• Internal vs. external funding sources
• Detection standards implementation
• Incremental development with evolving requirements
• Future procurement processes
• U.S.: competitive procurement airport-by-airport (checked baggage)
• Europe, Asia, etc.: End user-driven*

5. U.S. Certification/Qualification Process Flow

6. U.S. Certification/Qualification Steps
1. Submit Qualification Data Package (QDP) Submitted
• TSA review time: 2-3 months; additional 2-3 months if issues are identified
2. TSL Certification: 6-12 months
• 1+ year if Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E) is required (at TSA’s discretion)
3. CERT Letter Received
4. Transition from TSL to TSIF: 1-2 months (assuming available slot)
5. TSIF Test: 1+ year
• If deficiencies identified (even “non-minimum shalls”), 3rd party testing required (another 6-12
months)
6. Transition from TSIF to field Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E): 3-6 months
7. OT&E: 3-6 months (3 month actual test duration)
8. DHS Acquisition Review Board: 6 months
9. Letter of Authorization: 3 months
10.Qualified Products List (QPL) Letter Received; technology added to QPL

7. U.S. Certification/Qualification Timeline
• Realistic timeline from initiation to procurement: typically 3 to 4 years
• Best case: 3 years
• Worst case: 6+ years
• Many steps, iterations and potential failures within steps that could result in 5+
years
• Extended lead times for documentation review: QDP, QVP, TSIF Testing
• Issues with design End Of Life (EOL) once on the Qualified Products List (QPL),
requiring submittal for re-testing

8. ECAC Certification/Qualification Timeline
• By contrast, process for ECAC test application (less cumbersome than
TSA QDP):
1. Application accepted: approximately 30 days
2. Test lab assigned (multiple in Europe)
3. Start of testing: within 3 months of application acceptance
4. Testing: 3-6 months
• If successful, technology is added to the ECAC standard list
• Airports can begin procuring the equipment.
4 vs. 10 steps: less than 1 year from testing to market in EU

9. Impact of World Economies
• Brexit, Frexit, etc.
• ECAC volatility = risk of competing standards
• Cross-border complexity of requirements
• New U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
initiatives
• Focus on border security
• No real change to procurement forecasts
• Financial constraints of emerging markets impact on
detection capability
• Viability of CT in HBS

10. Technology Adoption Difficulties
• Standardization across user interfaces, concepts
of operation
• Common Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)
• Differing protocols for alarm resolution from airport
to airport; government to government
• Training issues between end users
• Lack of needs assessment/statement from
government entities

11. Innovation vs. Spiral Development
• What’s the difference?
• New algorithms to face merging threats
• Individual Carrier System (ICS) totes
through EDS machines
• High-speed EDS
• Open Architecture
• Reduction in false alarms
• Computed Tomography (CT) in
checkpoints of the future
• Cybersecurity concerns
• Air cargo automated detection

12. Summary
• Inherent differences in process flows
• Streamlining the acquisition process is
essential
• Needs assessment first
• Incentive for research & development
investment
• Will U.S./EU harmonization happen?

13. Questions