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Homeland Security

TSA Begins New Face Recognition Pilot at Airport Checkpoint

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019

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TSA Begins New Face Recognition Pilot at Airport Checkpoint

Vision-Box biometric eGate solution at Los Angeles International Airport. Photo: Vision-Box

The Transportation Security Administration in late August began a new pilot evaluation of face recognition technology at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, part of its ongoing efforts to examine how to best incorporate the technology into its screening processes. Under the 30-day pilot, TSA will see how well a camera and face recognition algorithm automate the identity verification at the Travel Document Checker (TDC) for travelers in the PreCheck trusted traveler lane that volunteer to participate. The live photo…

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