Customs and Border Protection
Secure Borders Start with Clear Images
Agents responsible for securing Ports of Entry — including airports, land borders, and seaports — rely on Viken’s full breadth of handheld, mobile and stationary x-ray imager technologies to detect hidden narcotics, weapons, and other illegal goods in personal vehicles, commercial vehicles, and shipping containers.
Using advanced backscatter and transmission x-ray technology, Viken’s x-ray imagers give customs and border protection portable, mobile and stationary screening operations, inspecting cargo, containers, and vehicles without requiring disassembly or offloading.
Backscatter x-ray imaging reveals contraband concealed within vehicle panels, container walls, and cargo structures, while transmission x-ray provides detailed density-based images to distinguish legitimate goods from concealed threats. Whether deployed at fixed checkpoint stations or carried into the field for mobile screening at land border crossings and remote inspection sites, these x-ray imagers help border security personnel identify concealed individuals, smuggled goods, and dangerous materials at ports of entry, improving inspection speed and accuracy without disrupting the flow of legitimate trade and travel.
Deployment Options for Every Port of Entry
Whether deployed at fixed checkpoint stations or carried into the field for mobile screening at land border crossings and remote inspection sites, Viken’s x-ray imagers help border security personnel:
- Identify concealed individuals during vehicle and cargo searches
- Detect smuggled narcotics, weapons, and dangerous materials
- Inspect personal vehicles, commercial vehicles, and shipping containers without disassembly or offloading
- Improve inspection speed and accuracy at airports, land borders, and seaports
- Maintain the flow of legitimate trade and travel while strengthening security screening
Featured Products
Raven
Raven™
Introducing RAVEN: Handheld “Smart” X-ray Imager
The Raven handheld imager provides outstanding mobility, enhancing threat detection across various environments. Its lightweight and ergonomic design optimizes user efficiency, while its advanced imaging technology, multifunctional detection capabilities, and AID Toolset facilitate the rapid identification of concealed threats. The Raven is an essential asset for mobile security operations.
X-ray Portals
X-ray Portal Vehicle Detection Systems
Purpose-built Portals for X-ray Detection
The Osprey and Harrier X-ray portals are purpose built for high throughput fixed site inspection providing the ultimate in checkpoint design for commercial and passenger vehicle scanning.
The Osprey UVX X-ray portal systems deliver fast, reliable under-vehicle inspection for border crossings, military installations, correctional facilities, and other high-security checkpoints. Our innovative under-vehicle X-ray portal provides high-throughput inspection of passenger and commercial vehicles at border crossings, military bases, and other high-security checkpoints by replacing slow, manual mirror-and-camera undercarriage inspections with automated X-ray scanning. Deployed by leading law enforcement agencies globally, the Osprey UVX screens commercial vehicles and the Osprey LEP screens passenger vehicles for narcotics, explosives, weapons, and other concealed contraband.
The Harrier X-ray portal systems deliver comprehensive, fast, reliable Multiview inspection for border crossings, military installations, correctional facilities, and other high-security checkpoints. Our innovative X-ray portal provides high-throughput inspection of passenger and commercial vehicles at border crossings, military bases, and other high-security checkpoints. Deployed by leading border security agencies globally, Harrier 2VX, 3VX and 4VX screen passenger or commercial vehicles for narcotics, explosives, weapons, and other concealed contraband.
Harrier provides either two, three and four-sided, low-energy backscatter and transmission vehicle scanning. The 3VX utilizes Viken’s proprietary imaging technology to provide exceptional vehicle images with minimal radiation exposure. The 4VX adds the UVX for a 4th vantage point system.
Mobile X-ray Detection
Osprey Mobile X-ray Detection Systems
Purpose-built for deployable X-ray Detection
The Osprey mobile line-up is designed for any detection situation anywhere providing the ultimate in checkpoint design flexibility for optimized vehicle scanning.
With fast, easy deployment, The Osprey family of mobile vehicle X-ray are self-contained systems that are ready to go wherever security screening countermeasures are urgently needed. Their innovative design gives inspection officers backscatter images and optional transmission images which can reveal threats like explosives, weapons, drugs, currency, and other contraband items.
Frequently Asked Questions
Viken offers a full range of x-ray imager technologies — handheld, mobile, and stationary allowing agencies to choose the right screening approach for each location, from fixed checkpoint stations at major airports and seaports to portable units carried into the field at remote inspection sites and land border crossings.
Handheld x-ray imagers (Raven) are portable devices officers carry directly to a vehicle, container, or package for on-the-spot inspection. Mobile x-ray systems are designed to be transported and deployed at various field locations, such as land border crossings or remote sites. Stationary x-ray systems are installed at fixed checkpoint stations for continuous, high-throughput screening. Together, these give ports of entry flexible coverage across different traffic volumes and inspection scenarios.
Yes. Viken’s x-ray imagers are built to inspect personal vehicles, commercial vehicles, and shipping containers alike, without requiring disassembly or offloading of cargo.
Viken’s x-ray imagers are designed to improve inspection speed and accuracy at ports of entry, supporting thorough screening without disrupting the flow of legitimate trade and travel.
Yes. In addition to detecting smuggled goods and dangerous materials, Viken’s x-ray imagers help border security personnel identify concealed individuals during vehicle and cargo searches — relevant to both smuggling interdiction and human trafficking cases at ports of entry.