Transportation
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) authorities said the summer travel season yielded another record-breaking screening result, totaling more than a quarter of a billion travelers representing the busiest in TSA history.
TSA officers screened 262 million passengers and crew during the... Read More »
The U.S. Coast Guard will work in conjunction with state and local first responders in Tennessee today to conduct boat drills aboard the passenger vessel Star of Knoxville, out on the Tennessee River.
Operations will span periods in the morning and afternoon, in two locales: the Knoxville... Read More »
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel recently joined the agency’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and National Air Security Operations Center - Grand Forks (NASOC-GF) in opening a new air facility.
“We have a lot to celebrate here today,” Jonathan Miller, executive director of... Read More »
As a means of extending the performance of its current A-10 aircraft fleet, the Air Force recently awarded a contract to replace wings on over 100 planes.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), a former A-10 pilot and the first female to command a squadron of A-10’s in combat, said the effort would... Read More »
Marine fighter pilots rehearsed combat air patrol missions with the F-35B Lightning II jets in the Pacific Ocean in August.
The jets were launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp carrying and employing a live AIM-9X Sidewinder missile. The exercise was conducted by the Marine Medium... Read More »
Two bills recently reintroduced in the Senate are seeking to bolster cybersecurity protections in vehicles and airplanes in the age of the Internet of Things.
The Security and Privacy in Your Car Act would establish a rating system that informs consumers about how well vehicles protect... Read More »
Indiana’s South Bend International Airport (SBN) opened its new General Aviation Facility this week, granting a new home for general aviation, charter and scheduled international flights.
The facility comes with several advantages for the airport. For one, it grants the option for flights to... Read More »
The U.S. government is planning to invest additional funding in F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, President Donald Trump announced last week during a visit to Derco, a Milwaukee-based aircraft supplier.
"From here in Milwaukee, you are supporting magnificent aircraft, and soon you'll support the... Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is acting upon GAO recommendations offered to enhance airport screening tests while also addressing vulnerabilities.
In order to test screening at airports, TSA personnel regularly covert tests to... Read More »
Delta Air Lines, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will install facial recognition at three airports over the next month.
The technology will be installed at boarding gates and will be used for international flights. It can save approximately nine minutes of boarding... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is developing millimeter wave shoe screening technology designed to enhance airport security.
The initiative stems from the Screening at Speed Program, which began in 2016 and is pursuing transformative research... Read More »
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) recently proposed legislation supporting the military’s high-altitude aviation training in Colorado, backing Department of Defense (DoD) guidelines for aircraft flying over the state’s wilderness areas.
Tipton said the bill, H.R. 2347, and resolution, H.R. 440,... Read More »
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, last month flight tested its Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls.
The technology completely removes mechanical flight controls from the aircraft. Its development is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has partnered with Azimuth1 to develop a navigation app called QuickRoute, specially designed for first responders.
The app warns users about hazards along the route and takes into account factors like traffic... Read More »
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Air Force recently collaborated to address the national aircrew shortage.
The partners will work to reduce barriers for entering the pilot career field, increase the number of pilots, leverage technology to improve pilot training to meet the... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently changed its performance management systems for uniformed TSA officers to improve how performance is measured and recognized as well as to simplify the process.
The changes were based on feedback from transportation security officer... Read More »
Legislation recently introduced in the Senate would expand TSA PreCheck enrollment for people in positions of public trust.
Positions of public trust include law enforcement officers and federal employees holding an active security clearance. These individuals have already passed an extensive... Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made a series of recommendations designed to strengthen the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) management of its pipeline security program.
The GAO analysis stems from the fact pipeline system disruptions could result in commodity... Read More »
A total of 108.6 million passengers and crew and 63.4 million checked bags were screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) during the March 14 to April 28 spring travel period, reflecting a nearly 4.7 percent increase from 2018.
The average wait time at TSA checkpoints was 20... Read More »
The Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is adding a program that detects gunshots for its new Automated People Mover Facility, interfacing it with the facility’s video, access control, notification, and critical emergency management systems.
The program is part of a joint effort by Shooter Detection... Read More »
Alabama state officials are espousing the benefits of Bell's plan to assemble the Navy's 407GXi aircraft in Ozark if it wins a competition for the branch's contract.
“Bell could have not selected a more ideal location to conduct final assembly of the Navy’s new advanced helicopter trainer... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration is reminding residents of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania that they will need REAL ID cards to board airline flights beginning Oct. 1, 2020.
REAL ID driver’s licenses and identification cards have a small gold star in the upper right corner.... Read More »
LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport both set records Thursday for the number of passengers screened at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints.
At LaGuardia, 59,698 people passed through the checkpoints and onto their departing gates. Newark saw 78,811... Read More »
The Marine Corps has initiated plans to replace its Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) with the more mobile, networked, transportable and lethal Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) late in the next decade.
“The ARV will be an advanced combat vehicle system, capable of fighting for information that... Read More »
Sandia National Laboratories recently launched Autonomy New Mexico, an academic research coalition tasked with creating artificially intelligent aerospace systems.
The coalition held its first meeting last week at the University of New Mexico to propose new ideas and discuss shared... Read More »
Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX’s) 2019 Air Exercise (AirEx) attracted nearly 200 first responders, who participated in the simulation designed to test the airport's airfield accident readiness.
“The safety and security of our guests is paramount and this exercise allows... Read More »
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials have established the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (STSAC), which will be responsible for providing recommendations on surface transportation security matters.
The committee operates in accordance with provisions of the... Read More »
Sid Hanna, Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) Federal Security director in Sacramento, recently
presented Henry Li, general manager and CEO of the Sacramento Regional Transit
District (SacRT), with the Gold Standard Award.
The annual award
honors transit agencies that have high scores... Read More »
The
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently launched a public
awareness campaign to educate travelers on the agency’s new identification
requirements.
Starting Oct. 1,
2020, anyone who flies will be required to present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s
license, or another... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is constantly working to identify screening issues, but while covert tests have improved, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) attests that operations could be bettered, especially since one new process used by TSA is not working... Read More »
The House Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus
recently sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Armed
Service Committee and the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee urging them
to support the F-35 Lightning II program.
The F-35 is a stealth military aircraft.... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Doug Jones (D-AL)
introduced a bill to create pilot scholarship programs for qualified members of
the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).
The Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited (CAVU) Act is named
after the renowned pilots' acronym to describe ideal... Read More »
A $96.8 million computed tomography (CT) systems contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was awarded last week to Smiths Detection, Inc.
The contract will cover the next five years, over which 300 CT systems and their affiliated equipment will be deployed at various... Read More »
A Mississippi-based ambulance company is espousing the benefits of partnering with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to enhance communication and coverage.
AAA Ambulance Service in Hattiesburg, Miss., subscribed to FirstNet to aid in connecting its 24-hour emergency and... Read More »
Huntington
Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division recently received a $1.47
billion, fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy for the design and
construction of another amphibious transport dock.
The ship will be
a San Antonio class vessel,
supporting Marine Air Ground Task Forces... Read More »
