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Turkey-based Polimeks Construction has contracted Smiths Detection to supply screening equipment for the new Ashgabat International Airport in Turkmenistan.

Under the terms of the deal, Smiths Detection will install X-ray systems for hand luggage screening at security checkpoints.

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The company will also deliver millimetre-wave scanners for screening passengers and trace detection systems for explosives.

The deal also coves out-of-gauge baggage systems, which will screen on-board catering for passengers and air cargo consignments.

Hold baggage at the airport will be scanned by European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) approved systems for detecting automatic explosives.

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"Our goal is to make the lives of our customers easier and to help them protect against evolving threats through leading-edge technology."

The upgraded screening systems will help detect explosives, weapons, narcotics and contraband.

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Smiths Detection EMEA vice-president Tony Tielen said: "Our goal is to make the lives of our customers easier and to help them protect against evolving threats through leading-edge technology.

"The Ashgabat contract is the largest that Smiths Detection has won in the Central Asian region and we are very proud to have prevailed in a highly competitive environment."

Smiths Detection will deliver its screening solutions at Ashgabat International Airport by June.

The company also won a $6.5m contract to provide HI-SCAN 6040 automatic threat identification X-ray (aTiX) scanners for baggage screening at airport checkpoints.

The order was received under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Advanced Technology 2 (AT-2) contract.

Image: Smiths Detection will deliver hand luggage X-ray systems at Ashgabat airport. Photo: courtesy of ASD News / Smiths Detection.