Wilmington's Liberty Defense To Start Producing Security Technology

WILMINGTON, MA — Liberty Defense Holdings, which is based in Wilmington, has announced that it recently completed beta testing of Hexwave, a walk-through security screening portal that detects concealed weapons and other threats.

The company said it has used the beta data and operation feedback to fine-tune the system configuration.

As a result, Liberty CEO Bill Frain said the company now is ready to move to commercialization, with Hexwave production set to begin in Q1 2022, and delivery of the first units expected in Q2.

"The culmination of years of effort and investment is upon us," Frain said about the move to commercialization from beta testing.

Hexwave technology allows people to walk through a security portal without having to remove items like phones, keys and wallets from their pockets or bag. This helps make the security process more efficient for a venue and improves the experience for an event attendee.

Hexwave's core 3D video-rate imaging and artificial intelligence provide what the company calls "future-proofing," the ability to adapt the technology to new threats that emerge to evade current screening methods.

The latest Hexwave beta trials were conducted at sporting events at the University of Wisconsin and at an unnamed state capitol building.

Over the last several months, Liberty said it has screened approximately 10,000 people during beta trials at major international airports, Major League Baseball stadiums and large places of worship.

"Overall, we were extremely pleased by the results coming out of our recent beta trials," said Mike Lanzaro, president and chief technology officer of Liberty Defense. "We demonstrated high levels of people throughput and system availability without compromising security."

Lanzaro continued: "We were excited by the fact that during beta testing, we could quickly tune and adjust our AI algorithms to identify new threats and make improvements to the automated identification of threats in various locations on the person. Additionally, common employee items like badges, lanyards, steel toe boots, etc. were identified as benign by the system and did not have to be divested, demonstrating a true advantage over current security methods."