January 2026. - Cignal has partnered with Leidos, Inc in co-sponsoring a Pennsylvania State University Capstone project focused on identifying novel AI algorithms for threat and anomaly detection.
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REEDSVILLE, PA, January 5, 2026 - Cignal has partnered with Leidos, Inc, a worldwide provider of aviation security equipment, in co-sponsoring a Pennsylvania State University Capstone project focused on identifying novel AI algorithms for threat and anomaly detection.
Cignal is the creator of the Cignal Engine, an advanced Generative AI (GenAI) image platform designed to enhance and improve the detection of dangerous and prohibited items at airport checkpoints. This technology offers a unique opportunity for university students to engage with cutting-edge AI and computer vision challenges within a real-world, high-stakes application.
The project's primary goal is to empower students to develop and test innovative solutions for critical security tasks. This would include, but is not limited to, automatically segmenting luggage in complex X-ray CT scans to segment luggage items, identifying subtle or obvious anomalies that might indicate prohibited/dangerous items, building vision-language models to describe trends across images, and characterizing the contents of bags to distinguish between benign and concerning objects. Furthermore, a crucial element of the project is the exploration of novel visualization algorithms designed to assist security officers in efficiently examining X-ray CT images. This could involve developing techniques to highlight or render suspicious regions, fuse data from multiple detection models into an intuitive display, or present complex CT data in a way that significantly reduces officer fatigue and speeds up accurate decision-making.
About Cignal
Leveraging deep law enforcement and homeland security expertise, Cignal helps organizations deploy high-assurance artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and reduce risk at security checkpoints, airports, and public venues. The company focuses on solving the most complex security challenges through unique applicationsof AI, digital threat twins, and synthetic data. Cignal provides government and industry leaders with the clarity and confidence needed to deploy mission-critical security and safety technologies.
