Aviation Security
Syrian Threat Reaches Airports
The Obama administration may ask overseas partners to enhance security measures at airports and is weighing whether to do the same here at home...
Light Aircraft: Gaping Security Breach
A buckeye pilot landing in northern Israel on Saturday was attacked by two hijackers. They threatened the pilot at knifepoint and demanded he take...
Interpol vs. U.S. on Aviation Security
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...
U.S: Hackers Threaten Passenger Planes
The U.S Federal Aviation Administration is ordering Boeing to modify the technology aboard late-model 737 aircraft to prevent computer hackers from damaging the planes.
The...
Passenger Hit Crew Member, El-Al Flight Diverted
An El-Al 737 flight en route to Munich from Ben-Gurion Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria on Thursday morning...
iHLS TV – Special Airport Security Edition
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
American computer programmer constructs deadly weapons out of simple items sold in airports
U.S. officials attempt to improve passenger...
U.S. Expands Airport Special Lanes Program
The TSA is expanding its PreCheck screening program to passengers on international airlines. Air Canada is the first international carrier to join the list...
The Future of Airport Security
The combination of terror threat, the shortcomings of existing technologies and governments’ willingness to spend, provide for a new fast growing Airport Security market...
Israeli Innovation Protects Airports Against Birds
An Israeli optical-radar system protects airport runways against birds and other foreign objects * The system is already operational in Israel's Ben Gurion Airport,...
New Scanner May End Aviation Liquid Restrictions
A new machine, capable of identifying the chemical composition of liquids sealed within non-metallic containers without opening them, has been developed by Cobalt Light...
Canada, Israel, U.S. to Conduct Joint Aviation Drill
Israel, the United States and Canada will conduct a joint aviation drill, the first of its kind, aimed at protecting civil aviation against aerial...
Miami’s Airport: How to Secure a Monster
How do you keep airport runways safe and clean? That's how it's done at Miami's huge airport.
The presence of unidentified objects, people, vehicles and...
The Stowaway Teen: Signs of Warning for Global Aviation
The latest incident, where a young teen managed to infiltrate an American airports and sneak aboard a plane, highlights the assessments made by Israeli...
Global Aviation is More Fragile than We Thought
The Icelandic volcano eruption of 2010 forced most European airports to shut down for days, affecting more than 100,000 passengers. True, that was an...
Experts Call for Strict Control on Sniper Rifles
Efforts are intensifying to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to protect Illinois...
Report: Countries Neglect Passport Theft
Countries do not report stolen or lost passports to Interpol * “This is a threat to civilian aviation security”, according to U.S. DHS experts.
Many...
Canada Invests in Explosives Detection
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) contracted L-3 Security & Detection Systems to supply its high-speed eXaminer XLB explosives detection systems.
The total value...
App Exploit Could Allow Hackers Free Flights
A security student has discovered a method to fly for free across Europe by generating fake boarding documents designed for Apple’s Passbook app
A 18...
U.S. Robotic Submarine Joins Search for MH370
The Pentagon sent a Bluefin unmanned submarine to join the search for the flight recorders of the vanished Malaysian flight
The Pentagon sent its Bluefin...
The TSA Dilemma – Technology or Body Language
TSA has spent roughly $1 billion training thousands of “behavior detection officers” as part of the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program....
iHLS TV – Offshore and Perimeter Security Edition
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
Israel protects its offshore gas reservoirs
New security rules for U.S. electric utilities
Experts: Additional security for U.S. airports won't...
Missile Threats Against Civil Aviation
By Boaz Zalmanovicz
The nature of terror and guerilla warfare requires using mobile, easily concealable weapons; shoulder-launched missiles fit the description perfectly. More than 700,000...
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