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Airports security measure may spread foot fungus -- and more
Taking off shoes may help in increasing airline security, but study now finds that it exposes passengers to other risks such as foot fungus and gonorrhea
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Australia considers sole-source Global Hawk purchase
UAVs are increasingly popular among militaries, homeland security agencies, and law enforcements units; the Australian government is on the verge of making a major UAV purchasing decision, and there are four companies competing for the contract and three options on how to buy the drones
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BlastGard raises $1.2 million; expands activities to unit loading device market
A developer of blast mitigation trash cans and other blast-resistant gear receives funding and expands its reach into the airplane-loading market
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Analysis: Growing opposition to administration’s plan to relax foreign ownership rule of U.S. airlines
The administration wants to relax the rules prohibiting foreign ownership of U.S. airlines; critics argue that the administration’s agile word parsing with regard to the term “actual control” of airlines short-changes U.S. national security
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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 “marginally safer†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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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.