BigBear.ai says its Pangiam Threat Detection platform has received Dutch national approval for aviation security screening, clearing the AI system to analyse checkpoint baggage scans in one of Europe’s regulated airport environments.
The approval came from the Netherlands’ National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security following testing by TNO, the Dutch applied research organisation that operates an internationally recognised aviation security test centre in The Hague. It confirms the platform met the criteria of Automated Prohibited Items Detection System Standard 1, the benchmark for software that automatically flags banned items in baggage scans, along with additional Dutch national detection requirements, in a configuration with SureScan’s DETECT 1000 computed tomography screening system. BigBear.ai called it the first milestone in a series of tests planned with various certification bodies and scanner manufacturers.
Pangiam Threat Detection analyses the three-dimensional CT scans of cabin baggage produced at modern checkpoints in near real time, flagging potential prohibited items for security officers and supervisors. Computed tomography scanners build a rotatable 3D image of a bag’s contents, giving detection algorithms far more to work with than a flat X-ray. The company says the platform is built for rapid decision resolution and resilience, with threat item and pattern analytics, and smart-device interfaces that support remote security management, incident escalation, training, and audit.
“For aviation security operators, trust is critical when introducing automation in regulated, high-consequence environments,” said Kevin McAleenan, chief executive of BigBear.ai, calling the approval a validation of the platform as screening operations become more automated and operationally demanding.
The Pangiam name entered BigBear.ai’s portfolio when the company acquired the travel and identity firm in a bid to build a computer vision powerhouse, and the platform sits within a trade and travel business that spans biometric identity as well as screening, most recently expanding biometric passenger processing to twelve major US and Canadian ports.
The Dutch approval gives BigBear.ai, a defence and security technology company headquartered in McLean, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, a European foothold for the screening side of that portfolio, in a market where national sign-off is the gate to airport deployment.
Sources: BigBear.ai
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
