Approved Technologies

The SAFETY Act provides two levels of liability protections for approval: Designation and Certification. By obtaining either Designation or Certification, companies obtain a level of legal protection in case their technology is ever put to use during a terrorist attack. See below for a list of approved technology certifications.




Company/Technology

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc.,: Joint Biological Point Detection System

Approved: October 21, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc’s Joint Biological Point Detection System automatically detects, collects, and identifies up to 10 different customer selected biological weapon agents at a time and notifies the operator of its findings. The number and types of biological weapon agents that it detects at any given time can be modified by the customer to accommodate changing intelligence information.

Escape Rescue Systems, Ltd: Escape Rescue System

Approved: October 20, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

Escape Rescue Systems, Ltd provides an escape system for the safe external evacuation of high-rise building occupants and quick transport of fire and rescue personnel to higher floors.

Accenture LLP: Biometric Identification Systems Project (IDENT) Support Services

Approved: October 04, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

Accenture LLP provides support services for US-VISIT Biometric Identification Systems Project (IDENT).  IDENT is a computer network that screens and validates, using biometric screening techniques, the identity of persons entering or leaving the United States.

Lockheed Martin Corporation: Airport Passenger and Baggage Screening Services

Approved: September 30, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

Lockheed Martin Corporation's Airport Passenger and Baggage Screening Services consists of trained and skilled personnel to operate screening equipment, conduct pre-board passenger screening, carry-on and checked luggage and accessible property screening to prevent prohibited items from entering the sterile area of the airport.

ITT Industries, Inc.: Night Vision Technologies

Approved: September 30, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

ITT Industries, Inc’s night vision goggles and cameras aid vision in low-light situations.

Science Applications International Corporation: Pulsed Elemental Analysis with Neutrons

Approved: September 30, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

Science Applications International Corporation’s Pulsed Elemental Analysis with Neutrons systems utilizes pulses of fast and thermal neutrons for neutron stimulated gamma-ray spectroscopy technology to inspect materials for the presence of explosives, chemicals, and radioactive material.

General Electric Company, GE Infrastructure, Inc., GE Security, Inc., and GE Ion Track, Inc.: EntryScan3 and EntryScan3-e

Approved: September 28, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

General Electric Company, GE Infrastructure, Inc., GE Security, Inc., and GE Ion Track, Inc., all provide EntryScan3 which is a non-intrusive walkthrough portal that rapidly detects explosives concealed on the human body or residue contamination on the body from handling explosives.

General Electric Company, GE Infrastructure, Inc., GE Security, Inc., and GE Ion Track, Inc.: Itemiser2 & Itemiser3

Approved: September 28, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

General Electric Company, GE Infrastructure, Inc., GE Security, Inc., and GE Ion Track, Inc., all provide Itemisers, which are portable, lightweight, desktop trace detectors that enable the detection of microscopic particles of a broad range of explosives that remain on clothing, luggage, ID cards or any other targeted surface in which explosives might be handled.

MitiTech, LLC: Safetydrape™

Approved: September 16, 2005 | Expires: August 31, 2010

MitiTech’s Safetydrape™ blast mitigation curtain system is intended to lessen the number of injuries and fatalities associated with glass shards from windows propelled by an external explosion or bomb blast.

Lockheed Martin Corporation: AN6400 Checked Baggage Scanner

Approved: September 14, 2005 | Expires: September 30, 2010

Lockheed Martin’s AN6400 is an upgrade to the AN6000 baggage scanner.  The AN6400 is a pass-through, conveyor-driven threat screening system, which uses “X-Ray Computed Tomography Technology to automatically detect the characteristics of a set of explosive materials.