Mobile X-Ray Systems

Project Overview

GOALS: Provide flexible, on-demand cargo inspection across multiple sites.

The strategic goal of this project was to deliver agility. While fixed gantries secure major ports, modern security requires the ability to deploy high-tech screening capabilities to any location at any time. This project focused on creating an adaptive, mobile security fleet.

Fixed inspection infrastructure can’t cover sprawling borders or temporary checkpoints. Agencies needed mobile units that delivered the same accuracy and throughput as fixed systems.

The most significant hidden challenge was not just mobility, but data consistency. A fleet of 25 “dumb” mobile scanners would create 25 isolated data silos, destroying the “single source of truth” established in the central command platform. The true challenge was creating a networked, mobile ecosystem where a scan performed at a remote desert checkpoint is instantly available to analysts at the central command center.

Arbana delivered, integrated, and supported over 25 mobile X-ray screening systems, enabling customs teams to respond quickly to changing threat environments and remote locations.

The “delivered, integrated, and supported” model once again highlights Arbana’s “End-to-End Ownership” over the entire asset lifecycle. This capability is critical for nations with “sprawling borders” and for securing temporary “Mega-Events & Expo Zones”. Arbana provides the ability to surge security capacity on demand, moving inspection assets to where the threat or need is highest.

Arbana’s solution focused on modular design, robust networking, and proactive maintenance to ensure the fleet’s effectiveness and uptime.

Modular Design: Drawing on its “modular… offering” , Arbana configured mobile units with X-ray, CT, and trace detection capabilities. This demonstrates the “Adaptive by Design” value, allowing the client to deploy units with different sensor packages from the “Screening & Detection Systems” portfolio based on the specific mission or location.
ICT & Networking: Each unit connected via secure LAN/WAN links back to central databases, ensuring data consistency. This was the solution to the hidden data silo challenge. By leveraging its “ICT & NETWORKING” capability , Arbana engineered a robust mobile data infrastructure using “LAN/WAN design” and “cybersecurity layers”. This ensures every scan from every mobile unit is fed back to the central C2 platform, maintaining a unified operational picture.
Predictive Maintenance: IoT diagnostics alerted crews to potential failures before they happened, maximizing uptime. This is a critical value-add for remote, mobile assets. A failure at a fixed port is an inconvenience; a failure 100km from the nearest city is a critical security breach. This approach uses “IoT-enabled diagnostics” from the “INNOVATION & AI EDGE” and is managed by the “Training & Lifecycle Management” team to deliver “preventative maintenance” and ensure “SLA compliance”.

Agencies gained the ability to deploy screening anywhere, anytime. Mobile systems improved operational flexibility and allowed customs to scale inspection capacity during peak periods or special operations.

The impact is operational agility. The “deploy anywhere” capability is a direct effect of the “Modular Design” and “ICT & Networking.” The “anytime” capability (maximized uptime) is a direct effect of “Predictive Maintenance.” This project proved that Arbana’s “Integrated Tech Stack” is not confined to fixed buildings. It has created a mobile, networked, and intelligent ecosystem essential for securing “Mega-Events” and “Smart Cities” , where security needs are dynamic.