Aviation and Airport

Aussie company, GE to market quadruple resonance shoe-scanning device
An innovative Australian company is licensing its technology to GE to build and market shoe-scanning devices; passengers fumbling with their footwear at airport checkpoints have been a source of logjams and delays, and the TSA is looking for a solution
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Shanghai airport to buy 70 Smiths Detection scanners
China, with an eye to the 2008 Olympic Games, is on a buying spree of explosive detection systems of all kinds, and the latest to benefit is Smiths Detection
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Former DHS IG: U.S. only â€œmarginally saferâ€ than it was in 9/11
Former DHS IG, described by colleagues as a “mild-mannered Texas Republican,” says DHS has made he U.S. safer, but only marginally so
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Industry: TWIC will cost thousands of jobs
The implementation of new ID cards has some worried that illegal immigrants and individuals with criminal convictions who now hold transportation positions may lose their job
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Security glitch cost Delta more than $1 million
In the world’s busiest airport, a routine security check that went wrong ended up costing Delta more than $1 million
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InfoZen wins large TSA contract
Maryland company wins contract to support TSA transportation worker program
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Registered Traveler program to begin by year's end
After months of testing in airports around the country, Registered Traveler, a program where frequent fliers will be able to pass through security much faster with a biometric ID card will begin at the end of this year
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Two convicted in shoulder-mounted missiles scheme
Worries about the vulnerability of commercial aircraft to shoulder-mounted missiles increase, and DHS is examining several defensive technologies; a California court case adds urgency to the search
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Northrop opens Mississippi UAV production center
Unmanned aerial vehicles enjoy growing popularity in the military and law enforcement; four years ago Northrop Grumman broke ground for a Mississippi UAV production facility which was supposed to be 40,000 sq.ft. in size; the facility officially opened two days ago is 100,000 sq.ft.
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Nemesysco's lie detectors to be deployed in Russian airport
Russian airport to deploy an additional layer of security: A hand-held lie detector, with all passengers having to take a short test before boarding
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L-3 explosive detection systems to be installed in Beijing airport
China is beefing up airport security, and the one Beijing airport, the main gateway to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, is buying popular L-3 explosive detection systems
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Smarte Carte kiosks give passengers new alternative for TSA-banned items
Company to provide self-service mail kiosks to passengers who pass through security and do not want to leave items behind that have been declared by TSA as unsafe
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X-rays go black at Nashville International Airport
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DHS IG slams Unisys for shoddy performance on $1 billion TSA contract
Few government programs were as thoroughly botched as Unisys’ handling of a 2002 $1 billion TSA airport communication contract; the DHS IG has just completed his report on this sorry saga, and Unisys does not look any better for it; what does not help, at least on the PR front, is the fact that on-his-way-to-jail Jack Abramoff helped Unisys get the contract in the first place
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Gerry Adams removed from terrorist watch list
Six congressmen with Irish constituencies managed to have Sinn Fein leaders’ name removed from watch list; other former IRA operatives are not so lucky
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