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Las Vegas airport to intro self screening security kiosks

HS Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, visits the Vanderlande PAX M2 self-service screening system. Photo: TSA.

December 7, 2023

Passengers will be able to complete the screening process with minimal to no assistance from transportation security officers at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in January, according to the Science and Technology division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

TSA PreCheck travelers will get their first chance to use the Vanderlande self-service screening prototype according to an article on the division's website.

"Like self-ordering kiosks at fast food and sit-down restaurants, self-service screening allows passengers in the Trusted Traveler Program to complete the security screening process on their own," Dr. John Fortune, screening at speed program manager, said in the article. "Travelers will use passenger and carry-on screening systems at individual consoles or screening lanes themselves, reducing the number of pat downs and bag inspections TSOs need to perform and freeing their time to be reallocated to the busier aspects of screening operations. The feedback we've already received during testing from both mock passengers and TSOs has been incredibly positive."