TSA PreCheck passengers at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid
International Airport beginning in mid-March will have the option to use a new
self-service screening system, the Transportation Security Administration
announced Wednesday.
The “same rigorous screening standards and rules
required of passengers using TSA PreCheck lanes apply to the self-screening
lane,” according to TSA.
The agency and the Department of Homeland Security Science
and Technology Directorate “designed, developed and tested” the
prototype checkpoint technology, according to TSA. The machine has a video
monitor that will provide step-by-step instructions for passengers to complete
screening at their own pace. Once cleared for travel, automated exit doors will
open. Transportation security officers will be on hand to assist with any
issues.
TSA will collect data and feedback from passenger usage of
the prototype to inform “design, development, feasibility and viability
decisions for future iterations.”
In 2021, DHS S&T awarded contracts to three companies to
develop self-screening concepts, prototypes and hardware. The prototype in Las
Vegas is the first to succeed in laboratory testing, according to TSA. The
others are still in development and soon will be tested for future
consideration.
