Israel's Code Positive pilot security in final trial phase
Israel has developed a new identification method for planes entering Israeli air space; first trial phase proved successful, and airlines from five countries now begin second and final phase of trial
The Israeli ministry of transport will launch the second and final phase of a trial to test the Code Positive security system which will identify pilots of aircraft approaching the country’s air space. Israeli carriers along with five international airlines from Canada, Ethiopia, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated in the first phase, which the Israeli ministry says was successful. “We are now moving to the final test in which all the pilots of the selected airlines will have to use the system,” it adds.
Ariie Egozi writes in Flight that the highly classified Code Positive system, developed by Elbit Systems, allows Israeli air traffic control to verify that inbound aircraft are not hostile. Special smart cards will be distributed to pilots that regularly fly to Israel. These will be use to verify their identity to a dedicated control centre which will then clear each aircraft to continue.
