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Global Action Against Airline Fraud Detains 140

An international law enforcement operation targeting airline fraudsters has resulted in the detention and investigation of 140 individuals found in possession of tickets bought...

MITRE Announces Counter Drone Challenge Finalists

As the sale of small-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, increases in the United States, so does their threat to domestic...

McCaul Eyes July 15 Deadline for Homeland Security Measures

Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune has insisted that a suite of transportation security-related provisions is the carrot he needs to get a long-term FAA...

Congress OKs Funds to Add TSA Screeners

Long security lines at airports will get a little more relief. Congress approved the latest $28 million shift in funding for the Transportation...

MAG and Logos Technologies Successfully Test Wide-Area Sensor for On-Demand Airborne ISR Services

MAG Aerospace and Logos Technologies announced that the ultra-light Redkite wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor has been successfully tested aboard a Cessna 206 turboprop...

Implant Sciences Deploys ETDs to Over 160 Airports

Implant Sciences Corporation, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) solutions for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) applications, announced on June 9 that...

Smiths Detection Extends IONSCAN 600 Capability to Detect Narcotics

Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 trace detector has been enhanced to detect and identify narcotics, in addition to its existing capabilities for explosives. Extending the...

Appropriators Slap Cap on TSA Screeners

House spending committee leaders decide today how much they want TSA to get from the federal piggy bank come Oct. 1, the start of...

FAA: Military Testing Could Leave GPS Unreliable for Pilots Across West in June

The Federal Aviation Administration is warning pilots that GPS testing could leave the global-positioning signals “unreliable or unavailable” across much of the West for...

TSA to Undergo Covert Security Tests This Summer

The inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning another round of covert security audits at airports around the country this...

Political Antipathy Clouds End of Cuba Travel Restrictions

When commercial flights between the United States and Cuba begin next fall, another stone will be laid on the path toward full normalization...

Police-Community Relations Fundamental to Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses the slogan, “If You See Something, Say Something.” However, an increasing number of Americans are unwilling...

Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Needed To Better Incorporate Risk in Deployment Strategy

Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Needed To Better Incorporate Risk In Deployment Strategy - GAO audit report to Congress. 

RELM Wireless Receives Contract Extension Totaling $1.9 Million From TSA

RELM Wireless Corporation has announced that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the US Department of Homeland Security has exercised a portion of the first option...

FAA Is Testing British Ray Gun To Shoot Down Drones

British companies are sending an anti-drone ray gun to America so the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can test knocking down Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAVs)...

New Members of Homeland Security Advisory Council Sworn In

John F. Kelly and Karen P. Tandy were sworn in as the two newest members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) by Department...
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