The U.S. House and Senate have approved $7 BILLION worth of new airport security equipment which will make the screening of checked bags almost completely automated according to USA Today.
‘Key to the new system are bomb-detection machines built onto conveyor belts that can screen luggage 10 times faster than current systems that scan luggage piece by piece. The older machines are being strained by the 1.5 million bags checked each day at U.S. airports.
Louis Miller, executive director of Tampa International Airport, called the funding “extremely important.”
“We can go a long way in a hurry with that kind of money,” he said.’