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Airport authorities press for increased facility charges
Airports Council International says airports must invest $87.4 billion over the next five years; FAA has capped passsenger fees at $4.50 since 2000
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Argentina transport sector totters
Riots at a major rail hub follow fearful warnings about the country’s air traffic control system
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Airlines object to new US-VISIT exit procedures
Long lines and irate passsengers are predicted if fingerprinting is done at ticketcounters
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Air marshal seeks relief in whistleblower suits
Ninth Circuit to decide if the government can classify information retoractively; TSA embarassed by hotel billing practices
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NICE wins $69 million air traffic recording contract
Israeli company will team up with Raytheon to swap out existing DVRs at 850 FAA and DoD sites
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Kansas Guard tests unmannned cargo craft
Snowgoose is not well known in the United States, but ask the special forces; craft uses a parachute to slow down and unload up to 600 pounds of supplies
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UAV pilots now eligible for Distinguished Flying Cross
What was that Naplean said about little pieces of ribbon? Aviation Badge and Air Medal now up for grabs
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Lockheed to work on advanced Predator radar system
$40 million contract for low frequency synthetic aperture radar system relies on Lockheed’s foliage penetration technology
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First Air Force UAV wing stands up
As the Army competes for operational control, Air Force digs in
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Aurora Flight Sciences to develop disposable sensor taggants
Disposable sensors will be used to identify areas of EID threat; company’s GoldenEye UAV may do the dispersion work
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AD Aerospace signs deal to film Boeing's first class passengers
“Mini Suites” block flight attendants’s view of the well-heeled; camera will turn on during takeoff and landing only, companies say; a missed opportunity?
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L-1 signs $50 million deal with Verified Identity Pass
Biometrics company will supply the enrollment and verification kiosks; but will anyone use them?
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TSA struggles to fill self-defense classes
Only one percent of flight attendants have attended the free, one-day seminars on kicking and eye-gouging
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Canadian shrink banned from U.S. for pro-LSD writing
A forty-year-old experience recounted in an acedemic journal is sufficient for a lifetime entry ban
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Financial concerns stymie on-board cell phone calls
Airlines, cell phone companies, and the government see little to be gained from even studying the issue; “cultivating uncertainty to maintain the existing ban”
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The long view
Prototype Self-Service Screening System Unveiled
TSA and DHS S&T unveiled a prototype checkpoint technology, the self-service screening system, at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, NV. The aim is to provide a near self-sufficient passenger screening process while enabling passengers to directly receive on-person alarm information and allow for the passenger self-resolution of those alarms.