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Six prototype security systems began operation at Orlando (Fla.) International Airport, which was chosen in December as a testing ground for new security checkpoint technology.

Three of the new systems put into use address passenger screening, while three others focus on baggage screening.

For human screening, technology includes a Rapiscan Secure1000 X-ray scanner capable of seeing through clothes to detect illegal weapons by OSI Systems Inc., Hawthorne, Calif. The Ionscan 400B, by Barringer Technologies Inc., Warren, N.J., tests passengers' clothes for traces of explosives and drugs.

The tests, which have been dubbed the "Advanced Technology Checkpoint Project," will be overseen by the National Safe Skies Alliance. The organization, which could not offer further details of the project on Monday, will then report the results to the Federal Transportation Security Administration. Passengers are not required to use the new systems, and they will be offered on a voluntary basis.

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