This is question time folks.

I understand that the full body scanners (perhaps I should have said body scanner)used at airports cost 100,000. each. Apparently there is only 1 currently in use in the U.K.(at Manchester).
In order to service international flights , Heathrow requires 25 of these things .
Given the current hysteria surrounding this issue,they are sure to become a basic requirement for many if not all airports. I am surprised that it has taken this long for the topic to hit the front page.

My question ,therefore, is -Who makes these things? They look to be a real big money maker for somebody.

I know it is XMAS, but DYOR.

Possibly also Siemens AG who make CT Scanners. No UK company seems to be leading this technology as far as I can see.

scanners are not the solution, they are only as good as the operator wants them to be.

I quite agree,but they do have the ability to do the job,and that is the key. Not only that,but it should also help to deter a lot of these would be kamikazes. That is the theory ,at any rate.

I demand to be frisked by a young blond preferably a nudey one.

Rapiscan seem to be heavily involved - part of OSI systems Nasdaq ticker OSIS.

Apparently Smiths Group (SMIN:LSE) but haven't researched that info.

From FT today:
"Smiths manufactures 3-D body scanners using millimetre wave technology; its nearest competitors are L3, which uses similar technology producing static 2-D images, and Rapiscan, which uses back-scatter x-ray technology. The practical problems for airports are space and waiting time: we believe that the millimetre wave systems will be less bulky and that Smiths system will offer a more rapid throughput. However, there is no real market in these systems today, with just a few machines out on trial. In practice, we expect that airports will review and subsequently update and broaden the range of technologies that are used, thus creating demand for new machines"

apparently QQ. developed the technology for body scanners, whether they will receive any benefit from this remains to be seen.