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TSA Plans to Mature, Expand Biometric Pilots at Airport Checkpoints

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

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TSA Plans to Mature, Expand Biometric Pilots at Airport Checkpoints

Building on lessons learned from evaluations of facial recognition technology at two airport checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to mature and expand these pilots to help define the biometric solutions it hopes to implement, an agency official said on Monday. The pilot evaluations at Los Angeles International and Hartfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta were done on international travelers and TSA plans at some point to evaluate the technology for PreCheck trusted travelers, Stacey Fitzmaurice, executive assistant administrator…

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