Stiff Technical Criteria Slow Explosive Detection in U.S.

Explosive detection systems are not widely deployed at U.S. airports because of demanding technical standards that call for a single type of machine to detect all varieties of bomb materials in luggage. Details of the FAA certification standard are classified, but in general it specifies a wide...

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