- AS&E systems for port and border security offer extremely high throughput in a small footprint, and do not impede the flow of commerce.
- Z Backscatter™ technology — only available from AS&E — provides photo-like X-ray images revealing the threats that competitive systems miss, such as explosives, plastic weapons, and drugs.
- AS&E supports multi-tiered inspection programs at ports and border crossings with systems that employ a combination of highly advanced detection technologies, including Z Backscatter, Transmission, Shaped Energy (high-energy transmission), and Radioactive Threat Detection.
At ports and border crossings, customs officials must address the threat of terrorism while continuing to battle smuggling and trade fraud. The sheer volume of vehicles and containers, combined with the commercial pressure to process people and cargo quickly, add to the challenge. Trade fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of legal goods when crossing international borders - a crime that robs governments of billions in unpaid duties annually.
AS&E is the technology leader in port and border security, offering multiple cargo and vehicle inspection technologies that are highly effective, without impeding the flow of commerce: Z Portal® for comprehensive drive-through screening; OmniView™ Gantry for multi-view, high-energy inspection; ZBV™ for rapid mobile screening. AS&E combats drug and weapons smuggling, illegal immigration, and trade fraud with our unequalled, proprietary ability to detect organic materials. Proprietary Z Backscatter technology photo-like imaging clearly shows whether or not the contents of a container match the description on the manifest.
Our high-energy OmniView™ Gantry Inspection System can penetrate densely loaded sea containers, and is ideal for a port environment. The OmniView™ Gantry System's scanning platform operates by moving on rails past stationary vehicles and cargo. The compact footprint accommodates limited space in congested areas, and minimizes radiation exclusion zones. The system is bi-directional allowing for a high throughput of approximately 2 trucks per scan, 24 trucks per hour.
AS&E's Z Portal is a multi-view, drive-through inspection system capable of scanning cars, vans, trucks, and their cargo for concealed threats and contraband. The relocatable screening system is available in two sizes - one for large trucks, buses, and cargo vehicles; and a smaller size for passenger vehicles. Z Portal can be configured with up to three Z Backscatter imaging modules, allowing a left, right, and top view of the vehicle under examination. The multi-views provide maximum screening capability and facilitate image interpretation. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses Z Portal at the San Ysidro, California border checkpoint, known as the world's busiest Land Port of Entry, to inspect incoming vehicles for threats to homeland security.
The Z Backscatter Van™ (ZBV) can drive by containers, image their contents, and highlight organic materials such as explosives and plastic weapons. The ZBV effectively combats smuggling by providing "drive-by" photo-like images that reveal anomalies inside cargo containers. The ZBV's ability to image through containers and cargo make it extremely useful for manifest verification by showing whether the contents of a vehicle or container match the description on the manifest.
