Aviation Security

NISA bags Union HMs trophy for best police training institution

National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), at Hakimpet, Hyderabad has bagged the Union Home Ministers Trophy for theBest Police…

TSA plans new cybersecurity requirements after pro-Russia airport hacks

A U.S. transportation security agency has said it plans to issue new cybersecurity requirements for some key aviation systems…

Guns found at airport checkpoints are on track to break record

The Transportation Security Administration is on pace this year to again break the record for the number of guns intercepted at…

DGCA to recruit 400 employees to strengthen surveillance capability

Indias civil aviation regulator, DGCA, will hire more than 400 employees in different capacities to bolster its surveillance…

1924 private security agency personnel to be deployed at 60 airports

In line with the decision of the Centre, a total of 1,924 Private Security Agency (PSA) personnel will be deployed at 60 airports…

Mangaluru International Airport reorients flow at domestic security hold area for passenger convenience

Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has made some changes in its domestic pre-embarkation security check (PESC) area for the…

TSA begins testing drone detection technology at LAX

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that it has begun testing state-of-the-art technology designed to…

3000 CISF posts at airports abolished, private security to take over

The government has abolished more than 3,000 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) posts as part of a major security…

Aviation safety, security paramount, aggressive checks set: Scindia

Safety and security were "paramount" in the aviation sector and the civil aviation ministry had instituted a "very ambitious and…

1,900 private guards to take up non-core security roles at airports

Around 1,900 private agency guards will take over non-core security roles at over 50 airports in the country. These will replace…

Canadian aviation security authority chooses Imageware biometrics for restricted areas

Imageware has signed a contract worth $6.2 million Canadian aviation to supply biometric technology for secure access control to…

Measures mooted to step up airfield security of Coimbatore airport

A wide range of issues concerning the operation of the Coimbatore International Airport were discussed at the Airfield…