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New York City plans subway cameras (again)
After an aborted attempt in 2000, transit authorities ask two subway car manufacturers to propose ways of installing digital cameras
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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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DHS fights back on REAL-ID privacy complaints
As Danny Glover rallies the opposition, DHS officials tell Congress that they see no relevant privacy issues
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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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FAA seeks cockpit GPS systems to prevent crashes
Onboard navigation system will be a step back from an earlier NTSB proposal, but agency calls it “a breakthrough application”
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CBP to extend Remote Location Filing to overseas companies
System permits importers and brokers to file electronic manifests from locations other than the port of arrival; China, Brazil, and South Korea to be the first foreign countries to participate
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Elbit claims its Skylark UAV is in Iraq
Although Canadian forces in Afghanistan have found the drone unreliable, American forces find it perfectly suited to counter-terror missions
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Gait-recognition biometrics to assist other biometric measures
Biometric identification measures may be good, but imagine subjecting the 68 million passangers who pass through heathrow every year to the time-consuming facial or iris recogntion test; gait-recogntion may help
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Industry heavyweights share $500 million in Navy protection contracts
Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon all claim a slice of the Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Ashore Program pie
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Saab offers MANPAD defense system
Company teams up with Naturelink and Chemring Countermeasures to test an infrared decoy system; deployment possible by 2008
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DHS to test Crossmatch and Identix's ten-print scanners
Fifty of the devices will be deployed to airports nationwide to assist with US-VISIT; DHS also plans to tweak exit procedures
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Final costs set for TWIC
Transportation workers receive a $2 discount off earlier estimates
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ACRO shows a detector for peroxide-based explosives
Peroxide-based explosives are nearly impossible to identify because they do not contain nitro groups and are colorless; ACRO offers a solution
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Israelis look to break solar UAV record
Technion researchers intend to exceed 190 kilometers of uninterrupted flight; control problems, however, continue to plague the industry
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DAE interested in acquiring U.S. defence companies
DPW waded into a firestorm last year when it acquired management rights in major U.S. seaports; now DAE is risking a similar firestorm as it tries to buy into the U.S. aircraft maintenance and service sector
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The long view
Calls Grow for U.S. to Counter Chinese Control, Influence in Western Ports
Experts say Washington should consider buying back some ports, offer incentives to allies to decouple from China.