Aviation and Airport

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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Few interested in Registered Traveler
Deloitte & Touche survey finds few Americans have even heard of program, even though most respondents listed long security lines as a top complaint
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Australian airports remain vulnerable
Government has failed to solve problems with unscreened domestic fliers; travellers at Adelaide disembark on the tarmac
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Israeli gambling tycoon bets long on UAVs
Avi Shaked buys a large share of Aeronautics Defense Systems, maker of the Aerostar; company has clients in U.S., Nepal, Spain, and even Nigeria
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TSA issues RFI for airport tracking system
Proposals are expected to include a combination of RFID, biometrics, and sensoer technology; non-proprietary systems preferred
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Tyco wins Iceland airport security contract
Company’s CEM AC2000 access control system is already deployed in Hong Kong, England, Hawaii, and Athens; card readers offer “Schengen mode” option
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British air force tests unmanned jetliner, again
Qinetic’s UAV simulator a success as a Tornado pilot manages to control a passenger jet and three virtual UAVs
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Predator UAVs suffer 40 percent losses
Insatiable demand in the field prompts Air Force to ask for twenty-two additional craft; operator errors continue to plague UAV airspace
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Northrop receives another large Global Hawk contract
Air Force orders $287 million of the crash-prone UAVs; craft have played a major role in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Army and Air Force feud over UAV control
Bad blood brews over repeated Air Force proposals to manage the military’s medium and high altitude drones; Air Force is not being “collegial,” says one general
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Orlando airport to spend $7 million on additional security measures
Faced with mounting criticism, aviation authorities only need three minutes to approve its biggest security overhaul since 9/11; baggage screening, vehicle inspection, and voice stress analysis under consideration
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