L-3 Explosives Detection System Receives EU Approval
L-3 Security Detection Systems announced that its eXaminer XLB explosives detection system (EDS) has passed the European Union Commission Regulation Standard 3 for Aviation Safety...
Airport Security
Israelis to receive expedited clearance in US airports
The Foreign Ministry and US Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Private Sector Douglas Andrew Smith agreedthat Israel should take part in an American pilot program tha...
Canada enhances passenger convenience and aviation security
Chuck Strahl, Canada's Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, andRob Merrifield, Canada's Minister of State (Transport),announced changes to airport screening that ...
DHS Awards Contract to AS&E to Develop General Aviation Aircraft Screening System
American Science and Engineering ("ASE"),supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced a research and development contract awardunder the U.S. Department of Homeland ...
Dubai International Airport equipped with Public Address and Emergency Sound System from Bosch
With more than 120 Active Line Arrays, 3500 ceiling speakers, 250 sound projectors and 400 XLA Line Arrays, the extension of Dubai International Airport with Terminal 3 and Concour...
Airport Security: Hands Up!
Hardly any subject to do with security has raised so much public discussion and controversy in the past few years as the introduction of so-called ‚body scanners‘. It is obviousl...
More Security through Integration
Great importance has always been attributed to flight safety, however, after 9/11 the requirements of airport operators and airlines have significantly been raised. Also, recent de...
Beograde Airport integrates first biometric eGate solution
Since 22nd December 2009 Serbia is officially a pre-accession country for the European Union (EU). An important step to reach is aim is the setup of a state-of-the-art ID infrastru...
Nigeria's Aviation Minister: Aviation security is a matter of global concern
Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mrs Fidelia Njeze, has decried the rise in the numbers of passenger complaints recorded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) between the m...
Negotiations on U.S.-EU Passenger Name Record agreement
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström made the following joint statement on launching th...
Cargo Screening: DHS talks with global shipping companies
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitanomet yesterday with leaders from global shipping companies, including UPS, DHL, FedEx, Atlas and TNT along with U....
Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways improve safety performance
The Libyan African Aviation Holding Company (LAAHCo) and Lufthansa Consulting have signed an agreement focused on the safety standards of Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways. Bot...
Simplified border control at Zurich Airport
On 1 December 2010, the six-month pilot scheme AuGreKo (automated border control) commenced at Zurich Airport as a joint project between Kantonspolizei Zürich and Flughafen Zürich ...
Aviation Security Milestone Achieved One Month Ahead of Schedule
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitanoannounced that 100 percent of passengers on flights within or bound for the United States are now being checked agai...
EU action plan on air cargo security
Vice-President Siim Kallas, meeting with the high-level group on air cargo security, today set out a series of recommentations on the EU's response to the 30 October security alert...
The US 100% air cargo scanning deadline has now past...
The 2007 law in the United States called for 50 percent of air cargo on passenger aircraft to be screened by February 2009, and 100 percent by August 2010. The Act defines screenin...
Field Trial for Security Solution at Glasgow Airport
Morphoand Cascade Technologies announced that they have installed a novel security solution for a field trial at Glasgow Airport. The walk-through portal system allows rapid detect...
Air Cargo: Increased Security Measures in the USA
"Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship explosive devices on board aircraft bound for the U.S., the Administration took a number of immediate steps to ...
IATA comments on Cargo Security
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on security regulators around the world to work together to make the skies more secure by addressing the challenges relate...
BSIA hits back against claims that airport security is "unnecessary"
As Western airlines once again become the focus of terrorist threat, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is highlighting the ongoing importance of aviation security in...
Advanced X-ray scanners gain EU liquid detection approval
Smiths Detection announces its advanced aTiX scanners have been given official EU approval for liquid threat detection at airport security checkpoints. Compliance with the EU's Liq...
USA: Massive Investment in Imaging Technology to Enhance Security
The US Department of Homeland Securityannounced yesterday the deployment of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded advanced imaging technologyto 28 additional airports natio...
Security Scanner tested successfully at Zurich Airport
From June 8 to July 14a security scanner was tested at Zurich Airport to test the reliability of the system and its functionalities live. The system has found great acceptance amon...
$56 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Airport Security Technologies
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitanoannounced approximately $56 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Actfunding for airport security project...
Integrated IP-CCTV Projects for Two Belgian Airports
Two Belgian airports have recently deployed integrated IP Video technology from IndigoVision, as part of infrastructure and new passenger terminal projects. Charleroi Brussels Sout...
EU Commission: Communication assessing the use of security scanners at European airports
At the request of the European Parliament and Member States, on June 15th the EU Commission has issued a communication assessing the use of security scanners at European airports. ...
EU Commission: Support for security scanners at European airports
At the request of the European Parliament and Member States, on June 15th the EU Commission has issued a communication assessing the use of security scanners at European airports. ...
TSA Purchases L-3 Checkpoint Screening Systems
L-3 Communicationsannounced today that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has ordered approximately 200 ProVision advancedimaging technology systems for the screening...
Airport security upgrades in the Middle East expected
The surge in tourism has caused air traffic to hit new highs in the Middle East. However, the spurt in passenger numbers brings with it increased security concerns. New analysis fr...
Security for Barcelona’s ‘El Prat’ Terminal 1
Siemens has supplied the security for the largest infrastructure project created in the Catalan region of Spain in the last 20 years. The new Terminal 1 at Barcelona International ...
New Security Systems for Weeze Aiport
The Weeze airport is anything but a travel lightweight in the region: it is reachable within one hour by no less than 10 million potential air travelers. The heart of the western R...
Ghana Strengthens Airport Security
Ghana becomes the second African nation to upgrade its airline security with the installation of a Soter through-body X-Ray security scanner. Bought from OD Security by the US gove...
Fundamental Questions Concerning Aviation Security
Once again it has become apparent that airports need a closer network of security measures, since aircraft remain a possible target for terrorists and can quickly become bombs. Air...
Contract for Checkpoint Screening System
L-3 Communicationswas awarded a $164.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply the agency ...
