Travelers who approach the TSA travel document checking podium do not have to show their boarding pass because the CAT unit verifies that the traveler is ticketed to travel out of the airport for a flight that day. TSA, airport security officers and airport officials cut the ribbon to celebrate the new computed tomography scanners and credential authentication technology units that are now in use at Atlantic City International Airport.
When a traveler hands the security officer their ID, the officer places it in the CAT unit, which scans the ID and informs the security officer whether the ID is valid. visas and driver’s licenses and photo IDs issued by state motor vehicle departments. This technology enhances our detection capabilities for identifying fraudulent documents at the security checkpoint.ĬAT units authenticate more than 2,500 different types of IDs including passports, military common access cards, retired military ID cards, Department of Homeland Security Trusted Traveler ID cards, uniformed services ID cards, permanent resident cards, U.S. “The system will also confirm the passenger’s flight status in near real time through a secured connection.
“The technology enhances detection capabilities for identifying fraudulent documents such as driver’s licenses and passports at the checkpoint and increases efficiency by automatically verifying passenger identification,” says Thomas Carter, TSA’s Federal Security Director for New Jersey. A passenger’s ID is inserted into the unit, which confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time. Travelers first will engage with the new CAT technology at the travel document checking podium. New computed tomography checkpoint scanners are now in use at Atlantic City International Airport’s security checkpoint.
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