• Israel begins outfitting airliners with flare anti-missile systems

    After fits and starts, Israel will outfit passengers planes with home-made flare-based defensive systems; new flares consume themselves in the air so there is less of a risk of igniting fires on the ground

  • Suspicious behavior at Jacksonville airport would get more attention

    TSA and other aviation security agencies put more emphasis on detecting suspicious behavior at airports as the first line of defense against terrorism; a Florida airport deploys behavioral observation officers

  • Pencilbeam X-ray technology for more effective luggage inspection

    New luggage screening technology investigates suspicious material by penetrating the luggage with a pencilbeam X-ray; new approach reduces instances of false alarms

  • Growing interest in multi-view X-ray technology

    Multi-view X-ray machines offer several different views of objects within each piece of luggage, and they also automatically detect the presence of improvised explosive devices; TranSec World Expo in June will showcase the technology

  • GE Security, Schiphol to collaborate on security technology

    Leading security developer and major European airport will work to develop advanced technology aviation security; collaboration will lead to a real-world evaluation of existing and emerging security products and technologies “from the European perspective”

  • TSA to examine airport passenger screenings

    TSA to undertake a sweeping review of airport security practices; private jets’ owners and passengers will have to provide personal information to be screened by border patrol

  • Heathrow's Terminal 5 will open in two weeks

    The new, beautiful terminal — it also has an impressive view of the airport and its surroundings — will open on 14 March, and begin operations on 27 March; the mixing — and fingerprinting — of both international and domestic travelers; transfers to other airlines; and tight security checks pose problems

  • Northrop Grumman’s Guardian

    Northrop Grumman’s AAQ-24 Nemesis DIRCM antimissile system has been installed on 400 military aircraft representing 33 types of aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing; the company’s Guardian system, which is adapted from Nemesis, aims to protect commercial aviation against shoulder-fired missiles

  • Abu Dhabi International Airport buys two CTX 9000 DSi EDS

    GE Security claims its EDS is the world’s most widely deployed inline checked baggage explosives screening solution; it is certainly popular at Middle East airports

  • Raytheon’s Integrated Security System for Airports (ISSA)

    Defending airports involves more than screening passengers and luggage; airports are large, sprawling facilities, and to defend them properly their perimeter must be tightly monitored and protected; Raytheon ISSA solution offers airports a comprehensive approach to security

  • BAE’s JETEYE

    Of the various technologies and configurations proposed for defending commercial aviation against shoulder-fired missiles, the leading candidates are plane-mounted directed infrared countermeasures systems; BAE’s JETEYE is such a system

  • HSDW conversation with BAE's Burt Keirstead

    Burt Keirstead is BAE Systems’ program director for JETEYE; in a conversation with the Daily Wire, Keirstead offers his view on the JETEYE’s advantages, how BAE’s system compares with Northrop Grumman’s Guardian, and more

  • U.K. trial shows liquids allowed on board can be used for deadly explosive

    Airport security worries after investigators blow hole in plane’s fuselage using liquid explosives; U.K. security experts call for greater emphasis on behavior observation as security measure

  • New Zealand tightens small-plane security measures

    Following a 8 February attack by a passenger on a 19-seater plane — a woman passenger lunged at the pilots with a knife — the New Zealand government orders security training stepped up for airline and airport staff at regional airports and a feasibility study on installing flight deck barriers on small aircraft

  • BlastGard shows new airport security tool

    A mobile suspect package removal unit with blast-mitigating bomb receptacle will help hold and remove suspected explosive packages until the bomb squad arrives; new system would make it unnecessary to shut down an airport for long periods, which is a good thing, since it is estimated that an airport incurs losses of approximately $150,000 for every minute it is shut down