Tag: Weapons Detection
The real cost: Xtract One identifies weak spots in weapons detection process
February 11, 2026Ken Showers, Managing Editor
TORONTO – Modern weapons detection hinges on the balance of product, process and people, but many organizations lean too heavily on technology, causing the whole system to wobble, Xtract One says in a new whitepaper.
The whitepaper, “The Three Legs of the Security Screening Stool: How Weapons Detection Systems Fail Without People and Processes,” examines the intersection of expected security outcomes and equipment performance realities.
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Athena Security launches Apollo 500
December 19, 2025SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — Athena Security has announced the launch of Apollo 500, a next-generation weapons detection system that delivers precise real-time location alert lights, instantly guiding operators to the exact position of a weapon or prohibited item on a person or in their belongings.
Instead of relying on ambiguous or generalized alerts, Apollo uses precision light boxes that show operators exactly where the potential threat is - arms, legs, waistline, backpack, purse, or carried item...
Xtract One selected to support Nova Scotia Health
December 18, 2025SSN Staff
TORONTO — Xtract One Technologies has announced its SmartGateway has been selected by Nova Scotia Health to strengthen security measures and provide AI-powered weapons detection across facilities province-wide, with an initial order of 25 systems.
Nova Scotia Health, in tandem with its nurses’ union, is working to modernize and strengthen security across its facilities. Xtract One was selected for its ability to accurately detect knives, a top priority for the organization.
“Violence...
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields partners with Athena Security
May 14, 2025SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — Athena Security has announced Franciscan Health Olympia Fields hospital in Chicago's South Suburbs will utilize Athena Security's weapons detection platform.
Athena cited health care professionals experiencing the highest rates of workplace violence of any private industry sector as impetus for the partnership. Franciscan Alliance is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest with 12 hospital campuses in Indiana and Illinois, including Franciscan...
RTC adopts ZeroEyes
June 20, 2024SSN Staff
PHILADELPHIA — ZeroEyes announced that it has been chosen by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) for wide-scale implementation.
This marks the first transit agency in the United States to fully deploy weapons detection analytics, with RTC adding ZeroEyes to its state-of-the-art network to protect residents and visitors against gun-related violence.
“RTC prides itself on its ability to identify transportation challenges and implement solutions,”...
Evolv Technology gives regulatory update following SEC request
February 19, 2024SSN Staff
WALTHAM, Mass. – Evolv Technology, a security technology company working with AI-based weapons detection, has provided an update on a request received from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In a release from Evolv it revealed that on Feb. 16, 2024, the SEC notified the company it was initiating an investigation that was described as a confidential “non-public, fact finding inquiry.” Evolv noted the SEC’s explicit guidance that the investigation “should...
Coming home to roost
October 11, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Another week, another grab bag of security topics to blog about with news of varying degrees of importance, but it’s all noteworthy.
Keeping with the theme of this week’s blog title we’re talking about Twitter again. Let me preempt this by saying, no, I’m not calling it “X”, and no, it’s not about who you think it is. It’s actually been roughly about a year since they last heavily featured in this blog space when Peiter Zatko testified in front of...
Athena Security system deployed at Jefferson Regional
May 1, 2023SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – American security firm Athena Security has announced that its weapons detection system has been deployed by Jefferson Regional of Southwest Arkansas.
Jefferson Regional is a not-for-profit health facility with 300 beds providing essential healthcare services for 11 different counties for more than a century. In equipping themselves with the Athena Security weapons detection system they are carrying on a tradition of leveraging state of the art technology to better serve...
Baton Rouge school employs next-gen weapons detection system
December 7, 2022SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – As shootings and other forms of violence continue to rise within the American education system, some have stepped up to provide security and safety in the interest of student welfare.
One such group is Athena Security, which most recently deployed its Athena Security Weapons Detection System at Hosanna Christian Academy in Baton Rouge, La. Athena Security’s frictionless detection systems have a slim footprint for screening people as they enter buildings. That,...