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*Smiths Detection wins TSA contract for portable liquid scanners
Airports in the United States are set to field portable liquid scanners from Smiths Detection, after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) placed a USD21.9 ...
19-Nov-2009
*Anti-missile measures mark time
Among the many challenges facing military and commercial aviation today is the threat posed by lightweight, guided, portable surface-to-air missiles known as man-portable air ...
16-Nov-2009
L-3 provides explosives-detection system to 10 airports
L-3 Security & Detection Systems announced new orders for its eXaminer family of explosives-detection systems on 4 November. The eXaminer 3DX is to be ...
12-Nov-2009
*Researchers develop EM-based detection device
A team of German and Russian scientists say they have developed a nano-electronic solid-state device that employs electromagnetic (EM) radiation for the near-instantaneous identification ...
09-Nov-2009
*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
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
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
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
*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
*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 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
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