HECTOS - Harmonized Evaluation, Certification and Testing Of Security products - D5.4 Testing and evaluation results for the weapons and explosives detection case studies. Part I – Explosive trace detection products
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HECTOS is an EU FP7 security research project exploring the issue that there are very few test, evaluation and certification procedures in Europe for physical security products which are mutually recognized by different Member States. As pointed out in the EC Communication on Security Industrial Policy [1], this leads to fragmentation of the market, with negative impacts on both suppliers and users.
HECTOS will identify mechanisms to evaluate the performance of security products, as well as compliance with interoperability, regulatory, ethical, privacy and other requirements. The project will develop elements for a roadmap for the development of new harmonised product certification schemes.
By conducting two case studies in the priority areas “Biometrics” and “Weapons and Explosives Detection” HECTOS will investigate, and experimentally support the development of certification schemes in WP3.
This report summarises the various tests that have been conducted to investigate the critical elements for harmonised testing of explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment identified in HECTOS D5.2 [3].
The main elements that have been investigated are
• Sample preparation
• Sampling from surface
• Testing volatile explosives
• Repeatability of testing
The latter included the inter-laboratory repeatability investigated by developing a basic test method composed of five test blocks which was implemented independently at two laboratories at ICT and TNO.
Other elements relevant for the harmonised evaluation of ETD systems have also been taken into account.
HECTOS will identify mechanisms to evaluate the performance of security products, as well as compliance with interoperability, regulatory, ethical, privacy and other requirements. The project will develop elements for a roadmap for the development of new harmonised product certification schemes.
By conducting two case studies in the priority areas “Biometrics” and “Weapons and Explosives Detection” HECTOS will investigate, and experimentally support the development of certification schemes in WP3.
This report summarises the various tests that have been conducted to investigate the critical elements for harmonised testing of explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment identified in HECTOS D5.2 [3].
The main elements that have been investigated are
• Sample preparation
• Sampling from surface
• Testing volatile explosives
• Repeatability of testing
The latter included the inter-laboratory repeatability investigated by developing a basic test method composed of five test blocks which was implemented independently at two laboratories at ICT and TNO.
Other elements relevant for the harmonised evaluation of ETD systems have also been taken into account.
TNO Identifier
977745
Publisher
European Union
Collation
50 p.
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