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New baggage screening tool
U.K. researchers to combine scattered X-ray signals with high-resolution 3D X-ray images to give baggage screeners previously unseen information regarding luggage size, shape, and chemical composition of the contents contained in the luggage
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TSA tests Auto-EDS at BWI
Last week TSA sent randomly selected passengers at BWI to be screened by a new screening device from a Massachusetts company; the devices use computed axial tomography (CAT), similar to medical scanners
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DHS holds talks with U.K. minister, then detains him
Shahid Malik, U.K. minister for international development, detained at Dulles Airport after meeting with DHS to discuss tackling terrorism; this is the second time Malik, the first U.K. muslim minister, is detained by DHS at airport
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Air Force completes overhaul of global weather sensing system
USAF upgrades, improves global weather monitoring system, allowing “weather conditions almost anywhere to be factored into large-scale operations”
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Two more airports join the SPP program
The Screening Partnership Program (SPP) was established by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) of 2001 to meet the requirement for the TSA opt-out program; eight airports are already participating
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Airports operators criticize TSA's background checks mandate
New TSA security initiative mandates government background checks of new airport hires, including sales clerks, waiters, and custodians; airport operators complain slowness of the checks leaves hundreds of positions unfilled
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DHS to inspect small boats, private jets
DHS is turning its attention to better screening of private boats and planes entering the U.S.; small boat inspection to begin with a pilot program in San Diego
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TSA adding black lights to screen passengers' ID cards
TSA expands program checking for forged ID by installing black lights and magnifying lenses to 1,300 specially trained screeners who check suspicious IDs in the ticket lines
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TSA commits to tighten security at non-U.S. repair shops
There more than U.S.- licensed 700 repair shops around the world — licensed, that is, to do repair and maintenance work on American commercial planes; trouble is, these shops have shoddy security that makes them vulnerable to terrorists; Congress wants TSA to change that
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TSA tests new technologies for passengers requiring second scanning
Passengers going through Phoenix may have to worry not only about lost luggage, but also about revealing images of their bodies, as TSA is set to test new scanning technologies
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FAA unveils new air traffic control system
New control system, built by Lockheed Martin, will allow controllers better and more expanded coverage of air traffic over U.S.
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TSA to increase cooperation with non-U.S. sister agencies
Transportation Security Administration creates new office — Office of Global Strategies — to work with sister agencies abroad on common air traffic security issues
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TSA awards $52 million for piloting different detection technologies
On the TSA’s shopping list: Advanced technology (AT) X-ray, automated explosives detection (auto-EDS) for security checkpoints, bottled liquid scanners, passive millimeter wave, and a cast/prosthetics screening device
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TSA keeps an eye on remote control devices
TSA instructed airport security screeners to pay additional attention to remote control devices carried on board by passengers; childrens’ toys included
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LAX uses random numbers theory to place security check points
Using random numbers generator developed by a USC engineering student, LAX security authorities place check points and security details at random, unpredictable locations throughout the sparawling airport
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