Aviation Security

Aviation Security

Unmanned vehicles and innovative mobile apps – these are the cutting edge technologies used to maintain order at large airports nowadays. The latest addition...

Passport issuing officers are no better at identifying whether someone is holding a fake passport photo than the average person, new research has revealed. A pioneering...

The Australian Senate will consider calls for an inquiry into security at Australia's airports after a 7News investigation uncovered some 'serious' flaws. A key worry...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the launch of the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the U.S. Mobile...

A recent incident again put the focus on the security level in some U.S airports. A 62-year-old homeless woman was able to sneak aboard a...

Pilots arriving at Ben Gurion Airport have reported powerful laser beams aimed at their cockpits. The source of the beams was identified as the...

Last week a pilot from Idaho was preparing to begin a spray run through a field. Barely visible ahead of him was a small...

Elbit Systems has developed the mini-MUSIC  system, the newest member of the Israeli company's  family of Directional Infra-Red Countermeasure (DIRCM) systems. According to the company...

Cyber​​ attacks on Israeli websites during "Protective Edge" proved that not only states but also terrorist organizations have discovered the new war front. Even before...

The U.S is doing a huge effort to prove that pro-Russian separatists are responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines FlightMH17. The United States is...

Foreign airlines have suspended flights to Israel following the continued rocket attacks from Gaza. The first to stop was Korean and on July 22 after...

Following repeated threats to American aviation, Transportation Security Management (TSA) in early July has published  Command Security Guidelines for international passengers on flights to...

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research the global homeland security market was valued at USD 245.72 billion in 2013,...

Hamas has been taking great efforts for a while now to damage the Air Force aircraft operating over the Gaza Strip. "This fire is...

The U.S. Air forwarders Association told a congressional panel that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should move toward permitting private contractors to train explosive-sniffing...

The US Department of Homeland Security insists that passengers boarding America-bound jets in the UK have all their electronic equipment checked, and specifies that...

The U.K. is beefing up its airport security after a U.S. report cited that terrorists may be developing bombs that could elude current screening...

Don't bring dead phones or laptops to those overseas airports for flights heading to the USA. Department of Homeland Security officials warned last week that...

This is a growing international problem - small drones that enter commercial aviation airspaces. In a recent incident, a small drone prompted a warning to...

The Obama administration may ask overseas partners to enhance security measures at airports and is weighing whether to do the same here at home...

A buckeye pilot landing in northern Israel on Saturday was attacked by two hijackers. They threatened the pilot at knifepoint and demanded he take...

The United States will not take part in an aviation security program put on by Interpol called I-Checkit, which is “designed to stop people...