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Guardian OKd to sell explosive detection system to Mexico
In Mexico, too, they are worried about explosives being smuggled on board planes, so companies developing explosive detection systems (EDSs) have that market open to them
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Congress to require background checks on contract aviation maintenance workers
What’s in a preposition: If you do maintenance work on a U.S. aircraft and work for the airline, you are subject to a thorough background check; if you do maintenance work on a U.S. aircraft but do not work for the airline (say, you work for a subcontractor), you are not subject to background checks. This will now change
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Israeli company develops behavior-based airport security system
A start-up uses nuanced voice analysis technique to detect criminal or terrorist intentions; one more behavior-based security measure for airports
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GE opens passenger, baggage security lab at San Francisco airport
GE uses San Francisco airport location for passenger and cargo security measures development and testing
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Los Angeles Port installs comprehensive radiation detection system
Los Angeles port, among largest in nation, to be equipped with comprehensive radiation detection system
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TSA posts RFI for Registered Traveler, TWIC
Transportation agency posts RFPs for two major transportation security projects
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TSA considers barring veterans with mental health issues from commercial flights
TSA is looking for a company to create a database which would monitor veterans with mental health problems for possible inclusion in flight Watch List
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Retailers urge DHS to follow C-TPAT
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a good model of government-private industry cooperation, and the nation’s retailers call on the government to apply it more broadly
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U.K. secretly buys shoulder-mounted missiles to develop defenses against them
U.K. buys Russian-made shoulder-mounted missiles to use them in practicing anti-missile defenses for civilian aircraft
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Undercover air marshals to be placed on trains, busses, and ferries
TSA had an idea: Why not place undercover marshals on ground transportation? A pilot program was launched quietly this week, but complaints from local authorities caused TSA to scale it back
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Universal Holdings deploys new command and control solution
Protecting ship-borne cargo containers is a massive and important security endeavor, and a new solution which collects information from container-attached RFID tags will help
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Court orders OTI to be reinstated to U.S. ePassport evaluation process
GPO excludes Israeli company OTI from ePassport evaluation program, but OTI wins legal challenge and is reinstated
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TSA shifts from looking for scissors and knives to detecting explosives in checked baggage and cargo carried on passenger planes, and companies offering new approaches and technologies benefit
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ManTech to monitor flight schools for non-U.S. flight trainees
Four years after 9/11, TSA signs up ManTech to monitor non-U.S. applicants for flight training in the U.S.
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Mexican market for cockpit door surveillance estimated at $6.4 million
There are nearly 300 commercial aviation planes in Mexico, and the Mexican government requires that they install cockpit door monitoring systems, which is good business for eGlobal
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The long view
The True Dangers of Long Trains
Trains are getting longer. Rail companies had recently adopted a moneymaking strategy to move cargo faster than ever, with fewer workers, on trains that are consistently longer than at any time in history. Railroads are getting richer, but these “monster trains” are jumping off of tracks across America and regulators are doing little to curb the risk.