INDIANAPOLIS (WISH/CNN) - The TSA is testing out new technology that could improve security and speed up the process.
TSA officers were trained Wednesday on how to use credential authentication technology.
The system, designed by MorphoTrust, costs $85 million and is designed to move 300 people an hour through the lines, more than double the current TSA rate, the Los Angeles Times reported in 2014.
Officers insert a government issued ID into a scanner. It appears on a monitor and will highlight any irregularities, including if the ID is expired.
The information also connects to the reservation system, so a boarding pass isn't necessary to get through security, which saves time as well.
The TSA said the technology could catch travelers' fake identification.
"They all have different security capabilities to them and features to them, and for humans, you can know where many of those are, but you'll never be as good as a piece of technology and computer system," said Aaron Batt, federal security director for Indiana TSA.
The technology is expected to launch at the A checkpoint at Indianapolis International for TSA precheck customers only by Thanksgiving.
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It's also being tested at other select airports, including Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Dulles International Airport, O’Hare International Airport, and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to Christopherson Business Travel.
If it's successful, the TSA would like to expand it to all airports within the next four years.
Copyright 2017 WISH via CNN. Raycom News Network contributed to this report.
