Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is a step closer in bringing its ORCUS technology into force, which can jam radio signals from drones and has already been successfully deployed during drone sightings at airports. Keep Reading
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has supported Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands in voluntary return of 50 people to Iraq. Germany was the organizing country. Keep Reading
From March 21, to August 21, 2020, officers seized 81 firearms and over 4,000 rounds of ammunition. In comparison, during the entire fiscal year 2019, CBP officers seized 62 firearms. Keep Reading
Prior to working at LAX, Arco served in the U.S. Army, where he was trained to detect explosives and to locate and apprehend suspects, as well as protect police officers. Keep Reading
The grants will be used to purchase aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment, construct and repair runways and taxiways, install aircraft lighting and signage, conduct airport master plan studies and install airport perimeter fencing. Keep Reading
By scanning a QR code with their mobile device, passengers can connect to a common use kiosk using either the airport’s public Wi-Fi or the kiosk’s built-in Wi-Fi. Keep Reading
An American Airlines flight was first to radio the control tower noting that they saw a "guy in a jetpack" at 3,000 feet above Los Angeles International Airport. Keep Reading
New research that provides the most comprehensive calculations of aviation’s impact on the climate finds that global air travel and transport is responsible for 3.5 percent of all drivers of climate change from human activities. Keep Reading
A U.K. citizen has pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and attempted smuggling in relation to exporting power generating equipment to Iran. Keep Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized ecstasy and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) in three separate international air cargo shipments on August 30. Keep Reading
The strategy encompasses the deployment of Biometric Exit, Global Entry Modernization, and the groundwork for implementing the Simplified Arrival program. Keep Reading
The Transportation Security Administration is piloting a new touchless “self-service” technology that matches a traveler’s live photo with the photo on their ID. Keep Reading
Transportation Security Administration officers stopped three individuals from each bringing a handgun onto an airplane in a four-day span at Philadelphia International Airport. Keep Reading
GAO suggested three matters for congressional consideration in its August 31 coronavirus response update. Keep Reading
The new program will help countries establish a suitable legislative framework to regulate the collection, transmission, use, retention and sharing of passenger data. Keep Reading
The global recovery of air freight is at a lower rate than predicted due to the capacity constraint from the loss of available belly cargo space as passenger aircraft remain parked. Keep Reading
The findings from the trials are being evaluated and will be shared with the U.K. government as ministers consider how testing could provide a safe alternative to blanket quarantine in certain circumstances. Keep Reading
With a growing need to improve the security, efficiency and accuracy of passenger and baggage screening, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is working with a small business to advance explosive detection equipment. Keep Reading
On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down near Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 people on board. Keep Reading
The technology is similar to CT technology used in the medical field and TSA says research shows that it is the most consequential technology available today for airport checkpoints. Keep Reading