In a move to both improve travel experiences and reduce crowding in security checkpoint lines, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is trailing a virtual queuing system for TSA screening checkpoints.
Ahead of the 2021 Summer Olympics, Narita and Haneda airports in Japan will implement facial recognition technology for international flight boarding by July.
Heathrow airport will install integrated checkpoints at its facility, boosting security screening and allowing passengers the ability to leave laptops and liquids in their bags as they go through security.
Burlington International Airport (BTV) in Vermont has received a $14.5 million federal grant to expand the Airport’s terminal building and consolidate the two existing security checkpoints into one.
Singapore’s Changi Airport Group, one of the most innovative and technologically advanced airports in the world, will be upgrading and enhancing its security system.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a mask mandate this weekend for all public transit — planes, trains and buses. In response, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security gave enforcement authority to TSA employees.
In a new crowdsourcing competition, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) and TechConnect Ventures will award a total of $215,000 to winners with ideas for the organization to increase security outcomes and operational capabilities.
