Transportation
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has integrated facial biometrics into Global Entry, celebrating the program’s 10 years of expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers.
The pilot program was launched last week at Orlando International Airport.
Global Entry... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for a record-breaking number of travelers this summer at airports in the Washington, D.C. area.
TSA expects 243 million passengers and crew to come through security checkpoints between Memorial Day and Labor Day in the nation’s... Read More »
Raytheon is the recipient of the nation’s 10 millionth patent, which covers a system for obtaining real-time readings on speed and distance from the data stream created by laser radars.
The company currently holds 13,000 active patents, which includes nearly 4,500 based in the United States,... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has added Waterton, Alberta, as a pilot location for its Reporting Offsite Arrival Mobile (ROAM) application that aims to streamline border crossing processes for pedestrians in high-tourism areas, the agency announced on Thursday.
Expansion of the ROAM... Read More »
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme will support efforts led by researchers in Serbia and Italy to leverage laser spectroscopy to detect explosive materials and prevent terrorist attacks on public transportation.
Launched on Thursday in... Read More »
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week the initiation of an effort designed to require the submission of advanced air cargo information on shipments arriving in the United States from a foreign location.
Although the Air Cargo... Read More »
The European Union (EU)-U.S. Joint Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs held in Bulgaria on Tuesday and Wednesday allowed leaders to discuss joint efforts to combat terrorism, information sharing, efforts to prevent radicalization, aviation security, and chemical, biological,... Read More »
In the first joint U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. National Guard mission near the southern border, three Missouri Guard aviators and a CBP agent provided aerial reconnaissance support for CBP agents on the ground in the Tucson area on May 17.
The first aviation mission of... Read More »
In anticipation of what is projected to be the busiest summer travel season ever nationwide, the Oakland International Airport will be using highly visible canines specially trained to detect explosives and explosive components.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Alameda County... Read More »
With 243 million travelers expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints across the country from Memorial Day to Labor Day, TSA has already taken steps to increase screening capabilities and to rollout enhanced screening procedures.
TSA has increased... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice would be given new authorities to protect critical facilities from threats posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS) under a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week.
The Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 would... Read More »
The suspicions of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer regarding a Liberian man’s effort to enter the country resulted in exposing a fraudulent passport admission.
Officials said the 25-year-old man arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on a flight from Brussels, Belgium,... Read More »
After the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would initiate formal rulemaking for its biometric exit program, a bipartisan pair of senators called on Friday for the agency to establish formal processes and procedures for collecting passenger data before expanding the... Read More »
The Rhode Island Airport Corp. (RIAC) will receive nearly $7 million in reimbursements from the federal government for security enhancements made to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick in response to the 9/11 terror attacks, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) announced on Wednesday.
RIAC installed in-line... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Area Port of Baltimore have conducted 3,534 container searches since January, issuing 360 emergency action notifications and executing 625 actionable interceptions of commodities.
The Area Port of Baltimore has witnessed... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had added six international airlines to its PreCheck program, the administration announced on Wednesday.
The six new partnering airlines include Air Serbia, Condor Airlines, Porter Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines (UK), and... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invited small businesses to submit ideas to enhance security screening to the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) on Wednesday for a chance to receive up... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set a new screening record during the 2018 spring travel period, March 15 through April 15.
TSA screened more than 72 million passengers and almost 45 million checked bags, a nearly 5 percent increase over the same period last year.
Of all... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded this week $189,863 to a London startup for efforts to improve the international passenger screening process.
The funds were pulled from the S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), which... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on Thursday that it has implemented new screening procedures for carry-on baggage at airports across the nation in an effort to enhance baseline aviation security.
Travelers will now be required to place all electronics larger than a... Read More »
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the Republic of Chad has raised its security standards to meet baseline U.S. national security requirements and that the United States would remove travel restrictions placed on the country, effective April 13.
As a result of the removal, Chad... Read More »
INTERPOL and Frontex held a meeting recently to support efforts to expand their respective Dial-Doc and Quick Check Cards programs, which are designed to improve travel document checks at border points and fight travel document fraud.
The meeting was the first meeting of the working group and... Read More »
Chicago O’Hare International Mail Facility Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are using a hand-held device to screen packages that may contain common drugs and industrial chemicals.
Officials said the Gemini uses analytical techniques to screen packages using either the Raman... Read More »
The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee approved eight bills last week that seek to enhance the nation’s cybersecurity, surface transportation security, and air travel and cargo security.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the committee’s chairman, said America must “continue to evolve... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Wednesday that it will hold two Global Entry mobile enrollment events in Indianapolis where it will conduct interviews for conditionally approved applicants.
Global Entry is a voluntary expedited clearance program for pre-approved low-risk... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry implemented several new measures to prepare for increased travel during the week before Easter.
CBP introduced a designated lane, electronic tourist permits, expanded processing hours and a satellite, off-site tourist... Read More »
As the spring tourism season looms, members of Washington State’s congressional delegation called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Monday to deploy five temporary passenger screening canine teams to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac).
In a letter to TSA... Read More »
The House Committee on Homeland Security has approved a bill designed to improve vigilance in the wake of growing terrorist attacks using vehicles.
The Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act, authored by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), received an amendment from Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) that aided committee... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently joined the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority in testing new passenger screening technology designed to detect suicide vests and other metallic and non-metallic concealed weapons.
Officials said the effort involves... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Amtrak are currently testing new technology that detects suicide vests and other improvised explosive devices (IED) concealed beneath travelers’ clothing at New York’s Pennsylvania Station.
The standoff explosive detection unit sounds an... Read More »
A new x-ray image analysis training system that tracks the eye movements of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers as they conduct visual searches of travelers is currently being tested at airports across Oregon.
Known as ScreenADAPT, the technology is being developed by the... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) highlighted last week two new checkpoint technologies recently unveiled at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
The technologies available include facial recognition and less invasive body scanners with increased detection capabilities.... Read More »
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners recently approved the construction of a $30 million permanent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection area at the Stewart International Airport to accommodate the increase in international passengers at the airport... Read More »
James Madison University students will explore new approaches that the Transportation Administration (TSA) can use to better connect passengers to personal belongings in the spring semester of the Hacking 4 Defense (HD4) class.
Administered through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... Read More »
Police in Buenos Aires recently arrested an internationally wanted murder suspect after the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) facial recognition unit identified his image as a likely match.
During an investigation by police in Argentina, INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau... Read More »
