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*Biometrics 2009: Sagem Sécurité displays contactless fingerprint technology
Sagem Sécurité displayed prototype contactless fingerprint biometric technology for the first time during the Biometrics 2009 exhibition in London in late October. Called Finger...
06-Nov-2009

*New Zealand prepares for SmartGate border control technology
SmartGate automated border control (ABC) technology pioneered in Australia is due to be rolled out at three international airports in New Zealand from December ...
02-Nov-2009

March Networks enhances video surveillance at Australian airports
March Networks announced in late October that its VideoSphere solution has been selected by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to enhance coverage ...
30-Oct-2009

DHS wants personnel revealed by automated inspection system
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked Reveal Imaging Technologies Inc to develop an automated personnel checkpoint screening system. Reveal stated that...
29-Oct-2009

US registered traveller scheme poised for revival
The US Registered Traveler (RT) programme may be resurrected after an investment group and an operator launched separate bids to buy assets belonging to ...
28-Oct-2009

CSC provides IT support for TSA
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) a five-year contract worth up to USD493 million for IT infrastructure services. ...
28-Oct-2009

Chicago O'Hare receives grant for inline baggage-handling system
Chicago O'Hare International Airport is to receive a USD13.6 million grant from the Transportation Security Administration for construction of a new inline baggage-handling system ...
27-Oct-2009

*Shedding light on facial matching
Florida-based technology provider Cross Match Technologies is currently overseeing a pilot programme at London Stansted Airport using the company's Lookout Verify facial recognition solution. ...
22-Oct-2009

*Technology strengthens security working practices
Progressive security technologies and techniques, combined with added-value manpower services on the ground, are providing a range of tangible benefits to airports in the ...
22-Oct-2009

*Technology is key to liquids issue
Proposals for a gradual relaxation of restrictions on the quantity of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) that passengers can carry on board an aircraft ...
21-Oct-2009

*AviGate makes passenger data more accessible
E-borders measures implemented over the past decade or more have been based mainly on Advance Passenger Information (API) data - name, gender, date and ...
21-Oct-2009

*Threat scanning gains new clarity
The rise in airport security measures in recent years has placed a fresh focus on the methods by which the increasing number of passengers ...
20-Oct-2009

ARINC spreads its security expertise to Middle Eastern operators
Air transport systems integrator ARINC has launched a new business unit to market to Middle Eastern and other airport operators the expertise it has ...
20-Oct-2009

*Technology takes the strain
Security demands on airports are constantly growing. A struggle to find sufficient staff to ensure that all these can be met has prompted Schiphol ...
19-Oct-2009

*Bluetooth keeps queues on track
Many large airports have service level agreements (SLAs) with major carriers that impose ceilings on queuing times at security checkpoints. As a result, airport ...
19-Oct-2009

*Manchester introduces whole-body imaging trials
Manchester Airport began trials of whole-body imaging equipment on 13 October at Terminal 2 (T2). Passengers approaching the security area can volunteer to pass ...
16-Oct-2009

GAO urges comprehensive US airport security strategy
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) must put in place a comprehensive risk-management strategy for airport security, a report from the United States Government Accountability ...
16-Oct-2009

Optosecurity claims future breakthrough on LAG conundrum
Canadian security systems vendor Optosecurity has claimed its OptoScreener product may reach the EU Type D performance standard for detecting liquids, aerosols and gels ...
14-Oct-2009

TSA details more funding for security upgrades
Moves to modernise baggage screening at US airports received more impetus in late September, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that around USD6.9 ...
14-Oct-2009

Researchers act FAST to develop behaviour-based system
Scientists at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Boston have revealed progress on research into a physiological and behavioural biometric system. Researchers demonstrated the...
13-Oct-2009

Melbourne begins upgrade of CCTV system
Melbourne Airport has begun work on transforming its March Networks closed-circuit television (CCTV) system from a hard-wired analogue infrastructure to an Internet Protocol (IP) ...
02-Oct-2009

Spain commits EUR230m to security upgrade
Spain is to spend EUR230 million (USD336 million) over the next four years on upgrading airport security, the president of the state-run airports and ...
01-Oct-2009

EC heralds phased withdrawal of liquids restrictions
The 27 EU countries should pursue a phased approach to installing "technology-based solutions" for detecting dangerous liquids - first at Europe's largest airports and ...
29-Sep-2009

Dynamics Research supports NEDCTP
Engineering and IT services supplier Dynamics Research Corporation announced in mid-September that it has received a USD3.7 million project management contract from the Transportation ...
25-Sep-2009

US to add $35.4m to airport security funding
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is injecting a further USD35.4 million in American Recovery and Re-investment Act (ARRA) funding ...
25-Sep-2009

TSA authorises new electronic ID for airline crews
A new electronic identification for airline crews has received authorisation from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Developer ARINC is now free to proceed...
25-Sep-2009

CCSP scheme heralds further step towards full cargo screening
Full screening of cargo carried in passenger aircraft has moved a step closer, after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on 15 September an ...
23-Sep-2009

*Making a match at first glance
While many facial recognition systems are entering the airport market, these invariably require co-operation from either passengers or staff. However, software developed by Dresden-based ...
22-Sep-2009

*Losing touch has its benefits
Of all the biometric solutions offered by technology companies, those involving fingerprint authentication are regarded as the most mature and best understood by passengers. ...
22-Sep-2009

DHS funds Dayton International baggage screening upgrade
Dayton International will receive USD10 million in stimulus funding for a new inline baggage handling system with enhanced explosive detection technology, the US Department ...
18-Sep-2009

Albuquerque International reaches mid point of ThreatSense testing
Albuquerque International Sunport is halfway through testing a building protection system from ICx Biodefense. Called ThreatSense, the system employs a network of small sensors ...
18-Sep-2009

Pelco monitors new Istanbul airport with IP video system
Pelco is supplying its Endura 2.0 Internet Protocol (IP) video system for the upgraded Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Turkey. A new terminal,...
15-Sep-2009

CEM to provide access control systems at Indira Gandhi International
CEM Systems has been selected to provide access control equipment for the new Terminal 3 (T3) at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New ...
15-Sep-2009

*Two terminals test MFlow passenger monitoring
An undisclosed major UK airport has concluded a 16-month trial at two terminals of an innovative system designed to monitor and manage the flow ...
15-Sep-2009

Tampa International seeks $8.2m to update CCTV coverage
Florida's Tampa International is seeking up to USD8.2 million in stimulus funding to monitor baggage-handling areas not covered by the existing network of closed-circuit ...
14-Sep-2009



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