Federal and city officials Tuesday unveiled the addition of two full-body scanners at Los Angeles International Airport as part of a plan to install the high-tech screeners at every terminal there over the next few months.
The units, built by Rapiscan Systems of Torrance, a unit of OSI Systems Inc., and range in price from $130,000 to $170,000. The scanners rely on advanced imaging technology to create what resembles a nude digital image of screened passengers, allowing security screeners to look for weapons or other items hidden under clothing.
Two units — each about the size of a refrigerator — have already been in use at the airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal. The new units unveiled Tuesday are in Terminal 6 serving United, Continental, JetBlue and other carriers.
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