[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2243]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Availability of Solicitation for Explosive Detection System (EDS) 
Demonstration Project Cooperative Agreement

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is authorized under section 107 of the Aviation 
Security Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-604) to award grants and 
to enter into cooperative agreements to fund research to improve 
aviation security. A cooperative agreement is used instead of a 
research grant when substantial involvement by the FAA in the research 
activity is anticipated. The FAA is soliciting proposals from eligible 
applicants to enter into one or more cooperative agreements for an 
Explosive Detection System (EDS) Demonstration Project to be 
temporarily installed at a qualified airport.

DATES: Requests for the solicitation must be received before February 
14, 1995. The solicitation will open February 14, 1995 and will close 
March 16, 1995. All applications responsive to the solicitation must be 
received on or before March 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries regarding this matter should be detected to: EDS 
Proposals, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center, Office of 
Research and Technology Applications, Grants Officer, ACL-1, Building 
270, Room B115, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions of a technical nature may be 
addressed to Mr. Tom Guarini at (609) 485-7098. Questions related to 
grants and cooperative agreements may be addressed to Ms. Kathleen 
Fazen at (609) 485-4431.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Section 107 of Pub. L. 101-604, The Aviation Security Improvement 
Act of 1990, provides for grants to colleges, universities, and other 
appropriate research institutions and facilities with demonstrated 
ability to conduct research in technologies and procedures to 
counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation (49 U.S.C. 44912). The 
purpose of the EDS Demonstration Project is to evaluate the 
feasibility, effectiveness, and suitability of an advanced, FAA 
certified EDS being considered for full deployment to protect civil 
aviation from terrorist and other criminal action. This effort will 
involve using an FAA certified EDS as the key element in a Baggage 
Inspection System (BIS). The grantee shall design and install the BIS 
within 12 months of award, deploy it for up to 12 months at a Category 
X Airport to inspect all checked baggage traveling to extraordinary 
security locations, and collect data. The BIS includes all materials, 
equipment, facilities, baggage control system interfaces, procedures, 
training, personnel, special coordinating agreements, logistics 
support, threat containment and disposal provisions, security, safety 
and technical data necessary to install, operate, and remove the 
system. The BIS shall provide a capability to load, automatically 
inspect, and unload baggage. It also shall include a capability to 
track all bags and resolve alarms.
    Additional requirements are identified in the solicitation: FAA 
Cooperative Agreement for Explosives Detection System (EDS) 
Demonstration Project Solicitation 95.2.

II. Eligibility

    The applicant must be a US Flagged Air Carrier handling 
approximately 10 to 15 daily flights from its proposed site at a 
Category X Airport to extraordinary security locations.
    Specific selection criteria is set out in the solicitation.
Clyde A. Miller,
Manager, ATM Automation Division, ARD-100.
[FR Doc. 95-2243 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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