Smiths Detection, a leading threat-detection and security-technology firm will provide hold-baggage screening equipment for Kuwait's brand-new International Airport Terminal 2, which is presently under construction. The agreement includes the setup of HI-SCAN 10080 XCT devices for testing hold baggage.

Terminal 2, which is meant to be a worldwide transportation hub, will have the capacity to deal with 25 million guests every year, as well as the screening tools will to make sure the quick and complete testing of baggage as well as cargo passing through the terminal.

Jerome de Chassey, Vice President APAC and the Middle East claimed, "We more than happy to be getting in this collaboration with Kuwait International Airport, giving them with best-in-line screening tools for their brand-new terminal. The remedies they have chosen are made use of in some of the largest airport terminals around the world and have been made to provide effective screening."

The equipment goes beyond worldwide regulative demands and having achieved Criterion 3.1 authorization (the highest possible defined safety criterion in the EU). It also has TSA 7.2 certification. The HI-SCAN 10080 XCT can be further upgraded as necessary in the future to instantly spot advancing hazards.

The project is being led by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works with Limak Insaat as the primary contractor.