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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

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Germany’s Desko GmbH has received a $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for Boarding Pass Scanners and related support services.The Transportation Security Administration has selected Mineta San Jose International Airport and Miami International Airport to test new perimeter intrusion detection and deterrence technologies. Mineta San Jose says that that for the testing, TSA will consider installing, testing and analyzing video cameras for remote surveillance, analytics to automate the detection of unauthorized personnel, radar, microwave and passive infrared…

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