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GAO: TSA’s Airport Perimeter Security Strategy Needs an Update

Weaknesses in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) oversight of airport perimeter security and access controls may be putting the nation’s civil aviation system at...

GAO: TSA’s Airport Perimeter Security Strategy Needs an Update

Weaknesses in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) oversight of airport perimeter security and access controls may be putting the nation’s civil aviation system at...

Lawmaker Presses TSA to Use Private Screeners to Cut Wait Times

Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is demanding answers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) about recent spikes in airport wait times and urging the agency...

Lockheed Wins Contract to Support FAA Data System

Lockheed Martin was recently selected to continue technical support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Microprocessor-En Route Automated Radar Tracking System (Micro-EARTS). This system...

SPECIAL: Rand Beers on Why Aviation Security is Worth the Wait

Memorial Day weekend -- the unofficial start of summer – just came and went. And as the weather gets warmer and the school year...

SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Charles Faddis on Time is of the Essence to Prevent Global Chaos and Conflict

In the summer of 2002, I was sitting in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan on the Iranian border. I was the leader of an...

Airport Perimeter and Access ControlSecurity Would Benefit from Risk Assessment and Strategy Updates

Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Would Benefit from Risk Assessment and Strategy Updates - GAO audit report to Congress.

Cobham ASICs Ordered for Airport Security Screening Solutions

Cobham has received a series of orders for custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) for airport security screening applications totaling approximately $1.6 million. Cobham's...

Jeh Johnson: We All Need to Invest in “E-ZPass of Airports”

As the TSA struggles to fix the airport security gridlock, airlines are jumping in to help. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport is experimenting with a new...

TSA Discovers Record Breaking 74 Firearms in Carry-On Bags

As the busy travel season rapidly approaches and the controversy over the long lines at airport security checkpoints across the nation continues to heat...

eGlobalTech Wins TSA Enterprise Architecture Support Services Contract

 eGlobalTech (eGT), a leading provider of innovative IT solutions and consulting services for the federal government, received a contract award to support the Department...

TSA Confident in Strategy Amid Security Checkpoint Delays

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is charged with the sizeable task of upholding security guidelines, in conjunction with customer care and support for the...

TSA Chief Neffenger Takes Another Crack at Explaining Long Airport Security Lines

Long lines at the nation’s airports may continue through the summer, the result of record travel, understaffed checkpoints and changes made to reduce the...

Mass Transit Authorities Testing DHS S&T Video Forensic Technology

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Explosives Division (EXD), which is behind some of the most advanced and cutting edge...

General Dynamics Delivers 5,000TH NEXCOM Segment 2 Radio to FAA

General Dynamics Mission Systems delivered the 5,000th CM-300/350 VHF-UHF V2 radio, providing advanced, network-ready ground-to-air communications for the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation...

Absence of TSA Regulations Puts US Passenger Rail Security at Risk

The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) delays in implementing rail security requirements according to a law passed nearly a decade ago may be putting the...
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