
The Airports Council International (ACI) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) this month signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pool resources for the development of the Checkpoint of the Future, which has been renamed Smart Security (SmartS). The name change to SmartS reflects the start of a new phase of pilot testing of new airport checkpoint technologies to see how well they work together in an operational environment, according to the two associations. SmartS also reflects the new collaboration…