Malay Crash Leads to British Security Fears
The use of false passports by two passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which crashed a couple of days ago have highlighted the fact...
Malaysia Flight 370: Stolen Passports Threaten Aviation Security
Israeli experts: The growing use of stolen or forged passports is a danger to aviation security
They added that the only way to overcome this...
Israeli Experts Warn: Don’t Reduce Security on Planes
The Department of Homeland Security has reduced the number of Federal Air Marshals — plain-clothed officers whose job is to protect aircraft from terrorists...
Explosives Detection: The End of Full-body Scanners?
The end of body scanners in airports?
Standing in a full-body scanner at an airport is not fun, and the process adds time and stress...
DHS Seeks Next-Generation Screening
The next generation of security checkpoint imaging would screen more than 250 people per hour and detect explosives through multiple layers of clothing, under...
Toothpaste Bombs Threaten Airlines Ahead of Sochi Olympics
A new terror scare related to the Sochi olympics.
The Department of Homeland Security is warning some U.S. and foreign airlines traveling to Russia ahead...
Explosive Detector Gains TSA Approval
An explosive trace detector from Smiths Detection meets new Transportation Security Administration guidelines and is on TSA's approved equipment list.
The company's IONSCAN 500DT is...
iHLS TV: Chemical Terror Attacks – A Security Nightmare
Interview with Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST 21, on the concept of "convenient security", security systems that don't interfere with daily life. The full interview...
Airport Security’s Greatest Nightmare: Chemical Terror Attacks
The greatest nightmare imaginable to airport security personnel: It's Christmas Eve. Plenty of passengers. Thousands of people crowd the L.A. Airport. An elegantly dressed...
Matrix to Operate Israeli Aviation Security Center
The Security Division of Israeli firm Matrix was awarded a 10 million shekel contract by the Transportation Ministry, for the operation of the Israeli...
iHLS TV Homeland Security Weekly Reports
iHLS is proud to launch its new TV channel.
In today's first show we highlight some of our main stories from recent days, with comments...
Student Carrying Suspicious Flashcards Cannot Sue TSA for Detaining Him
A student detained at Philadelphia International airport over his Arabic flashcards cannot sue the Individual TSA and FBI agents who held him in custody,...
Russia, Canada, U.S. to Hold Anti-Terror Drill
Russian and North American military officials have held a first planning meeting for next year’s joint anti-terrorism drills involving the Russian, US and Canadian...
Did the DHS Waste $1 Billion on Failed Screening Program?
The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) said recently that DHS may have wasted $1 billion on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Screening of Passengers...
Baffling Decision to Cease Ban on Knives on U.S. Flights Reversed
The surprising decision made earlier this year to reverse the ban on knives on U.S. flights had even the most junior Israeli security experts...
Did Terrorists Test Airplane Security?
A memo written by the U.S. Airways Pilot Association described a possible "dry-run" for a future terrorist attack that occurred on Flight 1880 on...
Guam is preparing itself to handle terror threats
Representatives from dozens of government, military, aviation and shipping organizations have partnered together to educate and understand threats to airline security and commercial aircraft...
New threat to aviation – explosives concealed in breast implants
Heathrow Airport security has been on high alert amid reports of a new type of terrorist threat to aviation: explosives concealed in breast implants.
The...
Fear in the skies – hacking aircraft
Cyber terrorism is threatening civil aviation. "This is something that is imminent and extremely worrying" an Israeli source told i-HLS.
According to Aviation Week a...
Israeli companies to offer sense and avoid systems for UAS
The Navy has halted work on what seemed to have been the Pentagon’s most promising system to help drones sense and avoid other aircraft.
According...
The Al Qaeda undetected bomb
Al Qaeda engineers have been working on designing a sophisticated bomb powerful enough to bring down passenger planes, designed to avoid detection.
John Pistole, head...
Baggage security screening – slow is good?
The next time that you are moving at a snail’s pace through airport security, calm yourself with the assurance that a slower and more...
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Intercepting hostile drones requires aircraft that can launch quickly, maneuver efficiently and reach moving targets without placing excessive demands on their operators. Conventional multirotor...
