At a virtual open briefing convened by the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations Security Council, the International Civil Aviation Organization Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu underscored the key developments on mitigating terrorist threats to international civil aviation. Keep Reading
AirMed hired 21 employees in safety-sensitive positions but failed to include them in random drug and alcohol testing pools until months after they were hired, the FAA alleges. Keep Reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined Emirates $400,000 for operating flights carrying the JetBlue Airways code in airspace in which the Federal Aviation Administration prohibited U.S. operators from flying. Keep Reading
Decosta disabled communications between air traffic controllers and aircraft around Honolulu, placing passengers, crew members, and aircraft at risk. Keep Reading
The ICAO Secretary general said the pandemic has posed challenges to air transport, tourism and trade, and has had an impact on countries’ efforts to counter terrorism and organized crime. Keep Reading
Analytical AI proposes to generate deep learning algorithms to develop an object identification engine that can rapidly and accurately detect common Stream of Commerce (SoC) items. Keep Reading
The U.S. Air Force’s 96th Range Control Squadron (96 RNCS) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida provides real-time mission monitoring and control of the base’s Test and Training Range. The 96 RNCS tracks and controls aircraft and weapons in flight, performs data collection and data processing for live and post-mission system performance analysis. The 96… Keep Reading
FAMS does not monitor the extent to which air marshals' actual work hours are consistent with guidelines. Keep Reading
A Williamsburg, Virginia, man was issued a summons by police at Richmond International Airport on February 1. Keep Reading
A new report from ImmuniWeb found 97 out of 100 of the world's largest airports have security risks related to vulnerable web and mobile applications, misconfigured public cloud, Dark Web exposure or code repositories leaks. Keep Reading
DAC services enable submissions of workers’ biographic and biometric data to conduct background checks, including subscriptions to the FBI Rap Back Program, for individuals working in secure areas of U.S. commercial airports. Keep Reading
Germany is planning a new drone detection system – an 11-mile exclusion-zone – around airports. The exclusion area would extend up to 1,300m above airports and seek to prevent its closure due to drone fears, a fate Frankfurt Airport has already suffered twice this year. Keep Reading
An attacker with physical access to the aircraft could attach a device to an avionics CAN bus that could be used to inject false data, resulting in incorrect readings in avionic equipment. Keep Reading
The competition is inviting proposals from suppliers seeking support for test and trial activities in order to accelerate the development and support the exploitation of their innovative airport security solutions. Keep Reading
Trials of a new cargo scanner from Astrophysics, Inc are scheduled to begin in mid-2019 at New York JFK. The Multi-View Computed Tomography (MVCT) system launched in February following a six-year R&D program that included input from the DHS. Keep Reading
Serious concerns regarding unauthorized and unsafe drone operations near airports have been highlighted by the major disruption such activity caused in London and Newark. Keep Reading
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. Keep Reading
On June 12, 2018, a Dolphin helicopter safely landed after they observed a green laser multiple times in the cockpit during flight operations. Keep Reading
The UK government has ploughed £25 million into a joint Home Office and Department for Transport research program on increasing aircraft protection from new chemicals, different methods of explosion and insider threats. Keep Reading
We’re on the cusp of a world where evildoers are flagged earlier and criminals are caught quicker – or can even be deterred from committing crimes by the knowledge that they will be caught. Keep Reading