Aviation & Airport Security

News: Can the Asia Pacific aviation community deliver smart solutions to secure our skies?

11th March, 2011
Join the discussions at the 6th annual Asia Pacific AVSEC 2011 on 29 & 30 March 2011 in Canberra. Read the detailed agenda here.
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News: OTS to test new imaging software for body scanning

3rd March, 2011
Office of Transport Security (OTS) executive director Paul Retter has told a Senate Estimates hearing that his office is preparing to test new imaging software to take the embarrassment out of airport body scanners.
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News: Morpho and Cascade Technologies to test a next generation Security Solution at Glasgow International Airport

10th November, 2010
Paris, France: Morpho (Safran group) and Cascade Technologies have announced that they have installed a novel security solution for a field trial at Glasgow Airport. - Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: Lack of airfreight screening poses global security threat

1st November, 2010
SYDNEY: Sophisticated bomb-makers can strike anywhere, anytime by simply sending IED's via air freight, according to Sydney-based counter terrorism and security consultants, Homeland Security Asia Pacific. Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: SNP has security covered at Canberra Airport

18th October, 2010
SNP Security has reinforced its reputation as the leading-edge developer of advanced technology airport security and provider of passenger screening services, with its appointment to provide total security solutions for the expansion of Canberra airport.
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Protecting Airliners From Missile Attack

26th January, 2009 by Justin Grey, Associate Editor | ASM | Nov-Dec 08
A new system that aims to protect jetliners against missile attack has just completed a successful first flight on a scheduled American Airlines airliner travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
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Research produces security technologies

14th October, 2008 by Jane Symonds | ASM | Sep/Oct 2008
The CSIRO’s Secure Australia program is having commercial success with its security technology research and development.
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Aviation security screening report being finalised

14th October, 2008 by Ernie Davitt, National Affairs Ed | ASM | Sep/Oct
The new External Advisory Group assisting the Rudd Labor Government in its review of security screening at the nation’s airports is expected to report before Christmas.
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Open Skies Policy Puts Pressure on Security

13th October, 2008 by Ernie Davitt, National Affairs Ed | ASM | Jun 2008
The Federal Government is reviewing Australia’s current aviation security arrangements as part of the previously announced and much broader Homeland Security Review.
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Aviation security faces vulnerability

13th October, 2008 by Doug Nancarrow, Editor | ABAP | ASM | Jun 2008
Australian aviation security is yet to be tested by a major threat on the scale of those seen in the US and UK. But as Doug Nancarrow reports, the industry must keep pace with increased security demands.
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