Security screening is in the middle of a global reboot. From AI-powered imaging to automated threat recognition, the sector is shifting away from legacy scanners and human-heavy workflows toward autonomous systems capable of catching what traditional X-ray setups often miss. Into that moment steps ScanTech AI Systems, which just inked a strategic partnership with unival group, a major security integrator based in Bonn, Germany.
The deal positions ScanTech AI to push deeper into Europe, the Middle East, and Africa with its SENTINEL CT security platform, a next-gen imaging system blending multi-angle computed tomography with machine-learning threat detection and real-time analytics. For the increasingly complex, regulated, and high-stakes security markets across EMEA, this is a timely move—and one with potential industry ripple effects.
Why This Partnership Matters
ScanTech AI builds the tech; unival builds the ecosystem.
That’s the essence of the partnership: ScanTech AI provides the hardware and AI stack, while unival—known for its government relationships, on-the-ground deployment, and long-term support—handles systems integration and regional execution.
Under the agreement, unival becomes the official integrator for ScanTech’s projects across Europe, the UAE, and Africa. That covers everything from airport checkpoints and border crossings to prisons, nuclear facilities, and energy infrastructure—venues where accuracy, speed, and regulatory compliance aren’t optional.
The combined offering gives governments and enterprises something increasingly rare: a turnkey, CT-based security ecosystem that can be deployed and maintained at scale.
DeMeakey Williams Sr., SVP of Sales and Business Development at ScanTech AI, positioned the collaboration this way:
“Unival’s proven integration capabilities and regional expertise complement our AI-driven imaging technologies perfectly. Together we expect to accelerate intelligent security deployments across high-security environments worldwide.”
Unival’s founder David Vollmar echoed the value of pairing deep AI imaging with long-established integrator expertise:
“This partnership strengthens our ability to deliver comprehensive, scalable, high-performing security solutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.”
Inside the SENTINEL CT Platform
ScanTech’s SENTINEL system is noteworthy because it blends multiple emerging technologies into a single screening platform:
- True computed tomography imaging (multi-angle 3D views)
- AI-driven automatic threat detection (weapons, liquids, contraband, and anomalous shapes)
- Real-time operational analytics
- Configurable inspection modes for high-security environments
- Faster throughput than legacy X-ray lanes
In an industry increasingly shaped by regulatory pushes—think ECAC’s CT mandates in Europe or the TSA’s expanding CT adoption in the U.S.—a turnkey CT + AI stack positions ScanTech AI well for procurement cycles likely to accelerate over the next three years.
And given that many airports and border agencies are under pressure to modernize aging infrastructure, the partnership arrives at an opportune time. Countries across Europe and MENA are already active buyers of automated screening tech, and competition in the CT space is heating up with established players like Smiths Detection, Rapiscan, Leidos, and Astrophysics all vying for market share.
ScanTech AI’s challenge will be familiar: prove that its system can outperform giants with decades of government contracts. The unival partnership gives the company a strategic foothold—local credibility, relationships, and integration experience that are difficult for emerging vendors to build alone.
Nuclear, Energy, and Critical Infrastructure: A Fast-Growing Market
A major subtext behind today’s announcement is the company’s momentum in critical infrastructure security, particularly nuclear facilities.
ScanTech AI recently exhibited in the U.S. Pavilion at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) 2025 in Paris—an event that draws heavyweights like EDF. ScanTech met with global nuclear decision-makers to discuss advanced inspection and safeguarding, and the company says it’s also actively working with one of North America’s largest power producers.
That’s notable because nuclear sites have some of the world’s toughest screening requirements. If ScanTech AI is gaining traction there, it strengthens the argument that its CT + AI stack could compete at the highest levels of security certification.
The unival partnership solidifies this direction. Nuclear, defense, and energy infrastructure customers often prefer integrators with deep regional experience—especially in EMEA markets where public-private partnerships and federal oversight vary widely across borders.
With unival’s footprint, ScanTech AI gains both access and operational continuity.
AI at the Border and in the Airport
Regulatory momentum is pushing border agencies and airports toward modernization, and both companies are positioning themselves early.
The partnership supports new initiatives focused on:
- AI-enabled border protection
- Automated airport security lanes
- Threat detection standardization across EMEA
- Infrastructure resilience and emergency response readiness
AI-driven security isn’t a futuristic pitch anymore. Agencies are expanding trials of real-time contraband analysis, automated threat classification, and CT lane optimization algorithms. ScanTech AI’s SENTINEL system fits squarely into these trends, potentially giving airports and border agencies more flexibility than older systems built around static rule sets.
With unival providing installation, configuration, and lifecycle support, EMEA customers get a single vendor pairing—often far easier than dealing with multiple contractors for hardware, software, and ongoing compliance.
A Market Ready for Consolidation and New Entrants
The timing of the partnership also aligns with broader market dynamics. Security screening technology—long dominated by a handful of legacy manufacturers—is entering a new phase:
- CT mandates are rising
- AI is rapidly being integrated into detection workflows
- Regulators are demanding higher accuracy and lower false-alarm rates
- Operators want faster throughput with fewer staffing bottlenecks
- Critical infrastructure is becoming a top security investment priority
This is creating openings for companies like ScanTech AI that offer AI-first platforms rather than retrofitted legacy systems.
But the real differentiator may be the combination of technology and integration. In high-security environments, even the best imaging system can fail commercially without a strong deployment partner. That’s where unival’s experience—government contracts, infrastructure knowledge, and decades of integration across Europe and MENA—becomes strategic, not supplemental.
EMEA as a Growth Engine
By formalizing unival as its official integrator, ScanTech AI positions EMEA as a primary growth driver for 2025 and beyond. The region represents one of the most diverse and demanding markets in the world:
- Highly regulated EU states
- Rapidly expanding Gulf infrastructure projects
- Emerging African markets upgrading border and airport security
- Major nuclear, energy, and industrial facilities requiring modern inspection
In other words, EMEA isn’t a single market—it’s several, each with its own requirements. And that’s exactly where integrators like unival excel.
This combination of technology innovation and regional expertise could help ScanTech AI scale far faster than would be possible through direct sales alone.
The Bottom Line
ScanTech AI’s partnership with unival group is a meaningful strategic step, not just a distribution deal. It positions the company to compete more forcefully in a CT-focused, AI-driven security market that’s rapidly shifting toward automation and data-rich, low-latency threat detection.
With nuclear momentum building, airport modernization accelerating, and border agencies exploring new AI models, the timing is strong. Whether ScanTech AI can carve out significant share in a market filled with entrenched incumbents will depend on execution—but pairing advanced CT technology with a seasoned integrator gives the company a legitimate shot at expansion across EMEA.
Given the demand for turnkey solutions and escalating regulatory pressure, both companies have reason to view this as a high-leverage alignment.
