HCL bags Rs 25 cr deal from Mumbai Int'l Airport

CHENNAI, INDIA: HCL Security Ltd., a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems Ltd, announced on Wednesday that it has got Rs. 25 crore project in the Hold Bag Screening (HBS) Solution for Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL).

The HBS will be installed at the International Terminal Complex (Terminal 2) in the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), said a press release.

Speaking on the occasion, Rothin Bhattacharya, chief executive officer, HCL Security Ltd. said, “Technology today touches lives at the most common places and it is commendable to see the steps taken by authorities across the country to engage technology as an enabler and also a deterrent through state-of-the-art solutions for better efficiency and security for citizens.”

In this advanced five stage screening system every check in baggage first goes through level 1 and 2 of HBS which has “Automated tomography” baggage scanning machines. In case the bag is suspected at either of these two levels, it is automatically diverted to levels 3 and 4 for more detailed and accurate scanning of the bag, the release added.

The system at level 3 and 4 comprises high-end Computer Tomography (CT) machines called eXaminer, and it is this CT system that is being supplied and integrated by HCL Security.

The solution provided by HCL Security applies a state-of-the-art continuous helical and spiral scanning technology to create a 3D X-Ray image of passenger baggage by continuously rotating an X-Ray slice through the moving baggage.

HCL said this 3D CT analysis provides the highest level of automated baggage screening capability and significantly increases the effectiveness of baggage screening for the airport operator.