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Adding Biometrics To Airport Checkpoints Will Take More Than 20 Years, Pekoske Says

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Adding Biometrics To Airport Checkpoints Will Take More Than 20 Years, Pekoske Says
Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

Completing the installation of facial comparison technology at airport security checkpoints will take into the mid-2040s given current “constrained” funding levels, Transportation Security Administrator (TSA) David Pekoske said on Wednesday. Low funding is already stretching out completing the deployment of next-generation carry-on baggage scanners at airport security checkpoints until about 2036 and it will be another 10 years before credential authentication technology (CAT) equipped with biometrics is fully operational, Pekoske told the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee. The committee…

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