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Las Vegas airport exploits smaller EDSs to free up space for passenger screening nodes
To facilitate surge in traffic, Las Vegas airport devotes less space to EDS —now possible because of smaller size of machines
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More orders for Global ePoint cockpit surveillance device
International travel grew by more than 5 percent last year — and so have orders for new planes, which is good business for a company making a popular cockpit surveillance equipment
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Mega-mall in Sydney airport is a terrorism risk, report
New mega-mall planned for Sydney’s bustling airport was supposed to bring in tourists and commerce, but report says it is more likely to attract terrorists
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No terrorist connection in LAX incident
Last November a pilot saw a plume of smoke as he was flying over LAX, raising fears of a shoulder-mounted missile attack; investigation concludes this was not the case
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Airlines oppose administration's plan to hike airline security fee
For three years now the administration has tried and failed to raise the airport security fee; the airlines object as ferociously as ever, but this time the administration may succeed
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Air cargo industry coping with stricter security, rising fuel costs
2005 was not a good year for the air cargo industry, what with rising fuel cost and stricter security regulations; industry hopes 2006 will be better
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U.S. increases use of UAVs in hunting down terrorists
UAVs prove more versatile and more effective: they will soon be used in border patrol, while abroad they are used more and more often in hunting down terrorists, with lethal effect
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Aviation security expert: technology is not enough
Airport security is about more than machines and technology, but the human component is not yet what it should be
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EADS opens U.K operation simulation center
European Aeronautics Defense and Space Company focusses on U.K. security
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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.