(Image source: KTLA ) BY JAMAL ANDRESS   TSA’s expensive and controversial partnership with Rapiscan has come to a close. You may not know the company by name but if you fly often you’ve probably seen it’s product, the airport body scanner which strips passengers naked...virtually. Here’s NBC . “You’ll be happy to know some of those full body nude TSA scanners at the airport are going away. They were designed to show if a passenger was carrying a weapon but they also show everything else.” The body scanners have been controversial since the day they were installed. For example, the NY Daily News reported a Dallas woman says she was forced to undergo three body scans by TSA workers because she has a "cute" figure. Despite the controversy, the TSA still holds that the full body scanners are necessary to protect the public. TSA Administrator John Pistole said : "That individual could walk through our typical airport walk-through metal detectors 10 times, 100 times, 1,000 times and never set off that alarm... That's the reason we have the advanced imaging technology in the U.S. ” But don’t feel bad for Rapiscan, they didn’t just get the boot without warning. According to USA Today , “ The TSA had given manufacturer Rapiscan Systems until June to update its software to change the near-nude images. But after sending a threatening letter Nov. 9, the agency canceled its contract when it became obvious the company wouldn't meet that deadline.” If Rapiscan is the disobedient step child, then L-3 Communications is the honor roll student. L-3 produces body scanners for TSA as well, but they don’t produce virtual naked images of passengers. Turns out the TSA likes that. CNN reports , “ Security companies developed privacy software, called Automated Target Recognition (ATR) software. But while manufacturers of the less-intrusive ‘millimeter wave’ machines found ways to use ATR software, backscatter machines have not. ” There are currently 174 of the frisky airport scanners across 30 different airports that will be removed by June