Airport Security
Leidos boosts Sofia screening systems
Airport security specialist Leidos is to modernise the hold baggage screening systems at Sofia Internal Airport in Bulgaria
Smiths Detection sells 1,000th 3D X-ray scanner
Smiths Detection has achieved the 1,000th sale of its HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanner.
Smiths Detection to integrate AI tech into X-ray scanners
Smiths Detection plans to work with Neural Guard, a provider of artificial intelligence-based automatic detection algorithms, to integrate its threat recognition software into its scanning equipment.
Industry opinion: Brad Buswell, Leidos
Brad Buswell of Leidos shares his thoughts on security checkpoints and where technology is headed in the future
Bruker explosives detectors head to Zurich
Flughafen Zürich has ordered 60 Bruker DE-tector flex explosives and narcotics trace detectors to strengthen security at Switzerland’s busiest airport
Telos wins TSA PreCheck contract
The TSA is to expand its TSA PreCheck programme, with Telos Corporation now offering the enrolment services at ten US airports
LBA opts for Leidos security solutions
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) will install a number of Leidos solutions as part of a drive to modernise the UK airport’s security checkpoints
TSA seizes 3k firearms in six months
The US’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted 3,251 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the six months to June 30
Smiths wins Edinburgh scanner contract
Smiths Detection has been awarded the contract to provide Edinburgh Airport with eight state-of-the-art passenger check-in baggage scanners
Colorado Springs kicks off TSA project
Colorado Springs Airport (COS) has begun an expansion and remodel of its Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security queuing area
Airport leaders urge operators to prepare
Participants at the recent Global Airport Leaders’ Forum have urged operators to plan for the future of aviation security by embracing new technologies
Dogs undertake lithium battery searches
Qatar Airways Cargo and its ground handler Hactl have begun using technical detection dogs to sniff out hidden lithium batteries in air cargo