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Saudi Arabia to deploy AI security screening system at airports
Saudi Arabia is set to deploy the Artificial Intelligence security screening technology for operational use in its airports in co-ordination with Smith Detection Group, a global provider of security equipment technologies for aviation, ports and borders.
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced that it is set to deploy the Artificial Intelligence security screening technology (ICMOR) for operational use in airports across the kingdom.
This comes following a partnership contract with Smith Detection Group, a global leader in the application, management and manufacture of world-class security equipment technologies for aviation, ports, borders, security and the military field.
As per the deal, Smith Detection Group will deploy AI solutions in X-ray baggage screening devices. The technology automates the detection of prohibited items and keeps huge data feeds through machine learning, increasing the capacity and efficiency of inspecting larger amounts of baggage.
The announcement was made on the sidelines of the opening session of the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit in its second edition under the title "Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Humanity" - organized by the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) and held at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh.
GACA granted Smith Detection a technical certificate (ICMOR) for operational use in Saudi airports as a result of a successful testing process which recorded a high percentage of detection that passed the approved technical standards, stemming from the joint work and efforts to develop and test the technology, said a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority.
"The use of ICMOR will enhance Saudi airports operations, by accelerating the sorting process of baggage with high efficiency, achieving additional security control, enhancing the capabilities of the civil aviation sector to meet the expected growth of passengers and facilitating the flow of passengers and baggage, and adapting artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in Saudi aviation," he added.
According to him, since the launch of the Saudi Aviation Strategy, GACA has implemented a package of qualitative initiatives in support of achieving the objectives of the strategy.
This includes boosting the passenger number to 330 million and as well as increasing the cargo volume to 4.5 million tonne annually by 2030, he added.-TradeArabia News Service