• BAE’s JETEYE

    Of the various technologies and configurations proposed for defending commercial aviation against shoulder-fired missiles, the leading candidates are plane-mounted directed infrared countermeasures systems; BAE’s JETEYE is such a system

  • HSDW conversation with BAE's Burt Keirstead

    Burt Keirstead is BAE Systems’ program director for JETEYE; in a conversation with the Daily Wire, Keirstead offers his view on the JETEYE’s advantages, how BAE’s system compares with Northrop Grumman’s Guardian, and more

  • U.K. trial shows liquids allowed on board can be used for deadly explosive

    Airport security worries after investigators blow hole in plane’s fuselage using liquid explosives; U.K. security experts call for greater emphasis on behavior observation as security measure

  • New Zealand tightens small-plane security measures

    Following a 8 February attack by a passenger on a 19-seater plane — a woman passenger lunged at the pilots with a knife — the New Zealand government orders security training stepped up for airline and airport staff at regional airports and a feasibility study on installing flight deck barriers on small aircraft

  • BlastGard shows new airport security tool

    A mobile suspect package removal unit with blast-mitigating bomb receptacle will help hold and remove suspected explosive packages until the bomb squad arrives; new system would make it unnecessary to shut down an airport for long periods, which is a good thing, since it is estimated that an airport incurs losses of approximately $150,000 for every minute it is shut down

  • Greenpeace activists blatantly -- and easily -- breach Heathrow security

    Greenpeace activists, protesting plans to build a third runaway at Heathrow, manage to breach tight airport security and clamber atop a Boeing 777 on the tarmac; security authorities worry about airport security

  • Maintaining security at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport

    In 2006, Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport handled 9 million international passengers and 405,000 domestic passengers; it did so while being among the world’s most secure — if not the most secure — airports; two Israeli companies, Hi-Tech Solutions and Rontal, made their own contributions to achieving that level of security

  • Airport Security

    Airport security is about more than lighters and scissors; it is about offering efficient and effective answers to this daunting challenge; industry’s innovative technologies, and close cooperation between industry and government, are two essential ingredients of such answers

  • Israel issues hijack alert to airlines flying to Israel

    Following the killing of arch-terrorist Imad Mugniyah in the heart of Damascus, and fearing Hizbullah retaliation, Israel Transportation Ministry ordered all carriers to Israel to tighten security measures in an effort to counter potential terror attack

  • TSA lab's new concept in airport security: Tunnel of Truth

    Futuristic vision of airport security would see passengers stand on a conveyor belt moving under an archway as different sensors scan them for weapons, bombs, and other prohibited items; no need to take the shoes off; by the time they step out of the tunnel, they have been thoroughly checked out

  • TSA experiment with passengers choosing between lanes

    Families with children and passengers with a lot of baggage arrive at airports hours before their flights; business people typically arrive at the last minute; some passengers fly more often than others; TSA wants to see whether offering different passengers different lanes would help efficiency and security

  • Glasgow's Skyhub to increase passengers comfort, security

    Glasgow Airport will soon open Skyhub, a £31 million extension aiming to transform the experience for passengers and reduce waiting times for security checks to five minutes for 95 percent of all travelers — while increasing security

  • Austrian Airlines selects CabinVu-123 from AD Aerospace

    One lesson of 9/11 was that making the cockpit door impregnable, and allowing pilots clear view of the area outside the door, would improve on-board security; Austrian Airlines chooses cockpit door monitoring system from a U.K. specialist

  • Raytheon's Vigilant Eagle

    Planes are vulnerable to shoulder-fired missiles, or MANPADS, only up to a certain altitude — which means that they are vulnerable only after take-off and before landing; Raytheon offers a ground-based defensive system which would create a protective dome around airports; system would use sensors to identify missiles and pulses of intense microwave to disrupt them

  • Protecting against cosmic radiation effects on aviation microelectronics

    Cosmic radiation has a deleterious effect on aviation microelectronics — the effect on circuitry is 300 times greater at high altitude than at ground level, creating a potential risk to civil and military aircraft; U.K. scientists accelerate the effects of cosmic radiation so they can replicate the effect of thousands of hours of flying time in just a few minutes