Vision-Box, Aruba Airport Partner to Further Evolve Passenger Centric Traveller Experience
Vision-Box says it has signed an exclusive partnership with the Aruba Airport Authority for the further evolution of the company’s passenger-centric Happy Flow system provides a more seamless travel experience at the airport. “The Aruba Happy Flow proof of concept has exceeded our expectations during these two years, paving the way for a new direction for the airport,” says James Fazio, CEO of the Aruba Airport Authority. “On the other hand, with this new partnership with Vision-Box, we are now very excited to get the opportunity to establish a pioneering Centre of Excellence, where we aim to understand tendencies, develop new products and technologies in a real-life environment and support local economy. This combined effort will surely mark another milestone in the development of the future airport.” Happy Flow uses self-service biometric—in this case facial recognition—touchpoints for the traveler and a more holistic approach to passenger processing from curb to gate. Vision-Box says the goals of the partnership with Aruba Airport is to “sustain the leading position of Aruba Happy Flow in the global aviation industry,” used the company’s technology to create value propositions for the airport and showcase the company, and create a “knowledge and experience center on seamless travel.”
Smiths Detection’s Checkpoint Integration Platform gets STAC Certification
Smiths Detection says it Checkpoint.Evo-plus screening and management platform has been successfully assessed and certified by STAC, the French civil aviation authority technical center. Smiths says its Checkpoint.Evo-plus is the first solution for multiplexed image analysis to receive official approval for use at French airports. The company says the platform enables different components and sensors at the checkpoint to be integrated into an “intelligent solution. Producing valuable operational data and supporting new functions such as centralized screening and directed search, it streamlines the overall screening process.” The technology was developed based on systems using in checked baggage screening “so there are economies to be gained for airports” that use it in these environments and passenger checkpoints.
Crossmatch Says Settles Lawsuit Favorably with Integrated Biometrics
Crossmatch says it has settled an infringement it filed in federal court against Integrated Biometrics that calls for Crossmatch to grant a royalty-bearing license that IB will pay for based on its past and future sales. Crossmatch in May filed the suit against IB alleging that numerous IB fingerprint scanners infringe on its patents. Crossmatch originally wanted IB to be prohibited from selling scanners that infringed on its patents, and sought monetary damages. Crossmatch says in a release announcing the settlement that both parties want to end the litigation to save time and money to have the court dismiss its claims against IB.
Battelle Helping DHS with Explosives Detection Canine Teams
Battelle says its researchers are helping canine and explosives experts reach out to state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide to discover capability gaps and provide assistance. Working under the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate’s Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative, Battelle has sent its trainers, evaluators and scientists to different locations to help the canine teams realize their full potential by providing them with information on threat materials and recent attacks, and relevant operational scenarios. “At Battelle, we have more than 20 years of experience in canine-focused research, development, testing, and evaluation,” says Kevin Good, senior research scientist.
Malware Reverse Engineering Tool Spun Out of APL
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate says that the REnigma malware analysis tool has been spun off from the Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to create the Oregon-based startup Deterministic Security, LLC, which was founded to further mature the technology into a commercially available product and work with early adopters, focusing on incident response for government organizations and large enterprises. S&T says that REnigma is part of its Transition to Practice program. S&T says that currently analysis of malware is manual, time-consuming and costly. The REnigma tool precisely records the execution of malware and allows for repeatable analysis.