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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) next spring plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operating around airports and the […]

The Transportation Security Administration in 2019 plans to further expand evaluations of facial recognition technology used to help identify select travelers at airport security checkpoints with a goal to begin […]

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske says the agency this month or early in 2019 will award a contract for its first large buy of computed tomography (CT)-based baggage scanners […]

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded two contracts worth a combined $1.1 million to enhance drone detection and data privacy. Under a $750,000 contract, the […]

CBP Seeks Life-Cycle Support for In-Fill Radar and Tower Customs and Border Protection has issued a Request for Information for a life-cycle support plan for a radar and tower system […]

Israeli Airport Authority Selects Smiths Detection for Advanced Checkpoint Lanes Smiths Detection and its local distributor, Eastronics, have been selected by the Israel Airport Authority (IAA) to supply 32 checkpoint […]

Face Recognition Algorithms Showing Significant Improvement, NIST Says Face recognition algorithms used in testing in large population sets have demonstrated “massive gains in accuracy” over the past five years, according […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has deployed a commercial counter drone system to one of the nation’s national laboratories for the protection of a nuclear facility, one of the […]

With new legislation opening the door for testing, evaluating and eventually deploying systems to mitigate threats from unmanned aircraft systems that can be purchased commercially, the Department of Homeland Security […]

Evolv Technology says its Evolv Edge walk-by people screener has been deployed by a major U.S. international airport to improve employee screening, showing a dramatic improvement over walk-through metal detectors […]