“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb Having worked with dozens of solution providers, regulators and operators over the years to drive [...]
Many of us grew up hearing about the ancient Silk Road mercantile route from the Mediterranean Sea to China and beyond. Yet the People’s Republic of China has decided the world has not seen the [...]
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recently released a study highlighting the feasibility of producing single, secure, and transferable digital identities for Known Travellers, within a ‘Seamless [...]
The revolutionary nature of Electronic Bag Tags (EBT) has been part of discussions for several years. Despite its promise to optimize baggage handling operations in the world’s airports, EBTs [...]
Although some might claim that aviation security technologies and practices have not changed much in the last twenty years, we are seeing multiple new initiatives to drive innovation in the [...]
The Schengen Information System (SIS), a shared information and monitoring system for the European Union’s external Schengen borders, shall integrate an Automated Fingerprint Identification [...]
The aviation sector, along with many others, is experiencing a sea change in terms of emerging technologies and capabilities. We anticipate that this ‘digitalization’ will have a direct impact on [...]
Hyperloop is an exciting concept, imagined by industrialist Elon Musk in the ‘Hyperloop Alpha’ whitepaper. Hyperloop systems are looking more and more likely to come to fruition by the day, [...]
The ultimate airport security checkpoint might be closer in reach than one would expect. Seamless, less intrusive, quick and efficient security operations are part of the vision under the [...]
There’s been a lot of talk lately about “innovation” in the aviation security world, especially with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) recent establishment of an Innovation [...]
We spend a lot of time in the aviation security community pondering how best to prevent another major attack, and developing the best approach. What will stop the adversary from taking the lives [...]
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently responded to technology manufacturers on their applications to participate in new “Innovation Lanes” across the US. Some [...]
