The airport is reportedly the first airport in the U.K. to treat its security trays with ultraviolet light energy to protect passengers and staff and reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other infections in the high-touch surface area.

The Department of Homeland Security's Small Business Innovation Research Program gave funding to a small business to advance explosive detection equipment for airports by using machine learning. 

The Transportation Security Administration has updated its policies concerning liquids in carry-on baggage in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A new report from the GAO suggests that some airport security screening equipment used by TSA may not be keeping pace with current threats.

United Airlines announced a new partnership with CLEAR. The biometrics technology reduces the overall amount of time customers spend at the airport security checkpoint by automating the document check portion of the TSA process.

Travelers still prefer human customer service to technology automation for almost every travel function, says the OAG Airport Delight Report: Humans vs. Machines. 

Delta Airlines will give passengers the option to use facial recognition technology to board flights instead of using boarding passes.

Air travelers left nearly $1 million behind at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport checkpoints in fiscal year 2018, as reported in the annual “Unclaimed Money at Airports” report submitted to Congress.