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title: "Multimodal AI data for the U.S. TSA | Axio Intelligence"
description: "Video, audio, text, images and 3D DICOS scans labeled for TSA threat-detection models, on the platform we built. MLtwist holds the TSA contract."
url: https://axiointelligence.com/work/tsa-multimodal-ai-data/
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# Multimodal AI data for the U.S. TSA

Video, audio, text, images and 3D DICOS scans — processed and labeled for threat-detection models, on the platform we built.

  U.S. Transportation Security Administration  

$590K

TSA contract

Contract awarded Feb 2026

## The challenge

The TSA needed multimodal data — video, audio, text, images and 3D scans in the DICOS security-imaging standard — preprocessed, labeled and packaged to develop threat-detection models for aviation screening.

## What we built

The MLtwist platform we built already treated every customer as a configurable project, so the TSA work was set up as project configuration: DICOS and multimodal inputs, labeling instructions, reviewers and delivery formats.

Kubernetes-triggered pipelines handled preprocessing and transformation for each data type, feeding human-in-the-loop labeling with automated quality control, and packaged results as JSON or DICOS.

Every dataset stayed versioned and tracked in a secure environment, from raw input to delivered package.

## Scope

- Multimodal ingest: video, audio, text, image and 3D DICOS
- Preprocessing and transformation pipelines
- Human-in-the-loop labeling with automated QC
- Versioned, tracked data in a secure environment
- Per-project setup of inputs, instructions, reviewers and formats
- Delivery as JSON or DICOS packages

## The result

MLtwist reports that its pilot cut processing time from eight weeks to three. In February 2026 the TSA awarded MLtwist a $590K contract for multimodal AI data labeling and processing.

- [Source: MLtwist: TSA awards $590K contract (Feb 2026) ↗](https://mltwist.com/2026/02/03/mltwist-awarded-590k-tsa-contrat-for-multi-modal-labeling/)

> Axio engineered the platform MLtwist runs on — how we manage projects and people, run labeling, and launch custom pipelines on Kubernetes. It’s the foundation we deliver our public sector work on. They build like owners, and they ship.

David Smith

Founder & CEO, MLtwist

Engagement

**Client:** MLtwist · for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration

**Sector:** Government · aviation security

**Status:** Contract awarded Feb 2026

MLtwist holds the TSA contract. Axio engineered the MLtwist platform the work runs on.

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