Transportation Security

Feedback from two study sessions is helping to shape a motion to ensure proper safeguards when biometric technology is used on travelers and visitors at its facilities. The Port of Seattle Commission will consider the motion at its December 10, 2019 public meeting.

In a field outside Providence, University of Rhode Island researchers are working on new ways to detect and stop explosives popular with terrorists.

The new system will be tested during a period lasting between six and twelve months with Iberia passengers bound for Asturias or Brussels.

Frequent flier Rajan Mahbubani thought he had discovered the ultimate hack for getting preferential treatment at airports. Instead it got him arrested.

A new e-mail verification process will enable the ‘save and exit’ function and provide additional security for users. In addition, the ESTA website will be available in Polish.

Thales has developed a drone countermeasures system designed to detect, identify, track and neutralize drones flying in civil airspace in order to protect sensitive sites such as airports, sports arenas, critical infrastructure and large-scale events in urban areas.

Blended lanes provide TSA PreCheck screening to confirmed TSA PreCheck individuals and their accessible property at smaller airports where passenger volume is too low for dedicated TSA PreCheck lanes.

The Transportation Security Administration began identifying passengers who are not known or suspected terrorists, after the failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate a bomb on Christmas day while on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

A new Government Accountability Office report says surface transportation receives much less funding than aviation security and that TSA may be missing out on valuable input because its guidance doesn’t say how or when the office will coordinate with other offices.

Fiscal Year 2019 BUILD Transportation grants are for investments in surface transportation infrastructure and have been awarded on a competitive basis to projects with a significant impact.

Each year, Homeland Security Today honors shining stars in the community who are making their own unique, invaluable contributions to advance the mission of keeping America safer from myriad threats.

From dozens of nominations, these awards select people from across the nation who are supporting America in their communities in tangible, beneficial ways, and we are proud to recognize each one.

The European Border Agency, Frontex, has issued an invitation for industry dialogue on the procurement of handguns, ammunition and holsters for the standing corps of the European Border and Coast Guard.

Former Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan and L.A.'s HSAC Director James Featherstone honored. CLICK THROUGH TO READ ABOUT ALL OF THE 2019 HONOREES.

Just as the busy holiday travel season is set to begin, the TSA is closing down one of the security checkpoints at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

The November 19 report says the 2018 National Strategy for Transportation Security generally does not guide federal efforts due in part to its unclear alignment with several strategies that also inform federal transportation security efforts.