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Liberty Defense Airport Shoe Screening Technology Earns Prestigious National Award
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Liberty Defense Airport Shoe Screening Technology Earns Prestigious National Award\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n The technology has been recognized with the 2022 Interagency Partnership Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC). It is on track to eliminate the need for passengers to remove their shoes at the airport. The technology was developed by PNNL and exclusively licensed to Liberty Defense for commercialization\n \n \n \n \n WILMINGTON, Mass.\n \n ,\n \n Jan. 18, 2022\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd.\n \n (\"\n \n Liberty\n \n \" or the \"\n \n Company\n \n \") (TSXV: SCAN) (OTCQB: LDDFF) (FRANKFURT: LD2), a leading technology provider of concealed weapons and threat detection solutions, is pleased to announce that the Company's millimeter-wave shoe screening technology, initially developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was awarded the 2022 Interagency Partnership Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The annual FLC awards are considered to be among the top honors in the technology transfer field and recognize federal laboratories for outstanding technology transfer achievements. PNNL was honored for its work on the technology, which was developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, and exclusively licensed to Liberty Defense in 2021 for commercialization.\n \n \n \"This is a great accomplishment and a true reflection of the partnership between PNNL and Liberty to bring innovative and next generation security technology to the market,\" said\n \n Bill Frain\n \n , CEO of Liberty Defense. \"The shoe screening technology, paired with the High-Definition Advanced Imaging Technology body scanner, also licensed to Liberty, will revolutionize screening at aviation checkpoints.\"\n \n \n The millimeter-wave shoe scanner uses advanced imaging to detect concealed objects in ...