The report noted that CBP's post-breach assessments and mitigation "identified potential security vulnerabilities at four airports conducting similar facial recognition pilots." Keep Reading
The total includes $300 million from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and $35 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grants to equal a 100 percent federal share. Keep Reading
"It symbolises the importance of partnering with the airline industry in establishing passenger data systems and provides a framework for cooperation,” said UN's Voronkov. Keep Reading
Covid-19 dogs will soon start working at Helsinki Airport. The dogs’ sensitive noses are expected to speed up the process of identifying those infected with covid-19. Keep Reading
To avoid a patchwork of national measures in response to rogue drone incidents at airports and other sensitive areas EASA has been tasked to be the European coordinator of an action plan containing five objectives and to collaborate with the affected stakeholders. Keep Reading
The agreement, which follows more than five years of negotiations, was signed in Brussels by U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Ronald J. Gidwitz and Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Defence Philippe Goffin. Keep Reading
The BASE program is a voluntary security assessment of national mass transit and passenger rail systems and is performed by TSA’s transportation security inspectors. Keep Reading
EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky and President of the BSI Arne Schönbohm signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to this effect at the BSI offices in Bonn. Keep Reading
Throughout his career, Kenneth Meisel deployed on flight missions protecting air travelers throughout the world, logging nearly 5 million miles in the air. Keep Reading
Two state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanners (CT) that provide 3-D imaging have been installed and are in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Keep Reading
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Louisville Field Office, announces the arrest of Manuel Martin Salazarleija, Jr., age 26, for violating 18 U.S.C 39A, Aiming a Laser at an Aircraft. Keep Reading
In the span of a week, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered eight loaded firearms at security checkpoints in Tennessee, including at least one in every major airport in the state. Keep Reading
A Manhattan subway train derailed Sunday morning after a maniacal, laughing vandal tossed metal clamps onto the tracks, police sources said. Keep Reading
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Hebbronville Station rescued several individuals attempting to further their entry into the United States via dangerous train concealment methods east of Bruni, Texas. Keep Reading
In fiscal year 2020 through August, two sectors have seen more than 226 tractor-trailer cases, with 3,740 individuals discovered concealed. This represents a 37 percent increase from the same period in fiscal year 2019 just for the Laredo sector alone. Keep Reading
A Chicago-area resident who owns a Pakistani technology company has been indicted for allegedly illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government. Keep Reading
The Virtual Industry Days will give industry representatives the opportunity to share the latest technological developments and innovative solutions related to border control and showcase their products and services to the end user community. Keep Reading
Illicit trafficking of nuclear material remains a concern. Since 2001, countries have reported 48 incidents to the IAEA’s Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) involving highly enriched uranium, low enriched uranium and plutonium out of regulatory control. Keep Reading
Earlier this September, an unidentified photographer breached Joe Biden's Secret Service perimeter as the candidate boarded his charter plane at Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Pennsylvania. Keep Reading
Transport Canada has launched the Emergency Response Guidebook 2020 to assist first responders in quickly identifying the hazards of the materials when an accident involving dangerous goods occurs, and also to determine the best approach to address the situation. Keep Reading