Guidance: Explosive detection systems for cabin baggage (EDSCB)

Listing of the approved explosive detection systems for cabin baggage (EDSCB) approved by the Department for Transport for use in aviation security.

The approved EDSCB analyses cabin bags and trays for the presence of explosive material.

This listing has a 3 tier standard approval. The first standard, C1, is approved for use in airports.

The remaining standards, C2 and C3, will require special approval from us before being used.

Updates to this page Published 16 May 2019 Last updated 30 August 2024 + show all updates 30 August 2024 Name changes include: IDSS Holdings Inc. to SureScan and Detect 1000 to 1000A100001. New configuration 200-0143-00 added.

28 June 2024 New hardware for Connect CT and Rapiscan 920CT added.

10 April 2024 New equipment configuration from Smith Detection added.

15 March 2024 Three new configurations added for Nuctech.

13 November 2023 New configurations added for Smiths equipment and list updated to reflect latest ECAC approvals.

10 October 2023 Two new configurations added.

3 August 2023 Addition of C1+ and C2+ configurations.

20 June 2023 Minor corrections to Smiths Detection entries to remain consistent with ECAC common evaluation process.

23 February 2023 New document has the following changes: - Several lines combined to be consistent with ECAC Common Evaluation Process list of approved equipment

28 October 2022 1 updated equipment configuration added to the list from Nuctech.

8 July 2022 7 updated equipment configurations added to the list from Nuctech.

16 February 2022 List updated with 4 new equipment configurations added from Nuctech, 3 new equipment configurations added from Rapiscan, 2 new equipment configurations added from Smiths Detection and 5 updated equipment configurations added from Smiths Detection. Formatting has been set to mirror ECAC descriptors.

29 March 2021 3 new equipment configurations added to the list from Analogic, and updated entries from IDSS Holdings Inc., Leidos, Nuctech, Rapiscan and Smiths Detection.

15 February 2021 Updated with: 3 new equipment configurations added to the list from IDSS Holdings Inc; 2 new equipment configurations added to the list from Nuctech; 1 new equipment configurations added to the list from Smiths Detection; 11 updated entries from Analogic; 1 updated entry from Gilardoni; 11 updated entries from Rapiscan; 7 updated entries from Smiths Detection.

21 December 2020 Added new equipment configurations from Smiths Detection.

22 October 2020 L3 Technologies, Inc. has been rebranded as Leidos. 3 new equipment configurations from Leidos have been added to the list. 3 new equipment configurations from IDSS have been added to the list.

21 May 2020 Equipment configurations added for IDSS and Nuctech.

20 December 2019 New configurations added from IDSS, Smiths Detection, Rapiscan and Analogic.

16 May 2019 First published.

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