Transportation Security

For the past three years, MyDefence has been hard at work with the development of a new type of anti-drone system that can effectively solve the problem of protecting large scale areas against the threat of drones.

Every day, TSA officers discover a wide range of strange, weird and dangerous items. Here's a collection of the most unusual prohibited items from last year.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announces the election of three new members to its Board of Directors: Marc Drobny, President, StandardAero in Scottsdale, AZ; Geoffrey Heck, SVP of Operations, Signature Flight Support in Minneapolis, MN; and Mike Magni, President, Monaco Air Duluth in Duluth, MN.

In addition to hitting retailers that sell chemicals needed for the construction of improvised explosive devices, the counterterror ops targeted truck rentals and hotels.

A total 813.8 million (813,791,287) passengers and crew members passed through TSA screening, with record-breaking screening numbers.

U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) is reportedly drafting legislation, which in potential future federal government shutdowns, would carve out FAA, preventing its employees from being furloughed or working without pay.

"An informed and observant public is our best partner in hometown security," said the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Jonny Castro is a Police Officer, a Forensic Composite Artist, and a U.S Army Combat Veteran serving the Operation Iraqi Freedom (2004-2005). He is also a portrait painter of heroes killed in the line of duty.

From cyber attacks and terrorism to biothreats or Mother Nature, our biggest foe may be complacency.

The longer this shutdown goes on, the more likely more it is that screeners will have to leave their jobs.

Tuesday’s complete figures show that TSA experienced a national rate of 7.4 percent of unscheduled absences compared to a 3.2 percent rate one year ago.

The "State of Container Security Report" found that 94 percent of respondents were concerned about container security.

"Due to an increased number of TSA screeners not reporting to work, we have decided to take this precautionary step," says airport in response to no-shows.

New legislation will give British police officers the power to search premises, and land and seize drones, and will also require users to produce the proper documentation.

The method involves sampling the air through the air vent and enriching the collected vapor trace.

The alleged terrorists were killed in raids in the Sinai Peninsula and the Giza governorate, which was also the scene of the tour bus attack where three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed.