Travel Security Update.Apr 2, 2007 Manufacturer wants mapping device to show "other aircraft"Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems wants the FAA to include "other aircraft" on GPS moving map displays of runways and taxiways. The company is a potential manufacturer of the technology. President Kris Ganase says seeing "other aircraft" is vital to reducing runway incursions. Mar 29, 2007 TSA's Travel Redress Inquiry Program helps clear names. To correct wrongful listings on watch lists, travelers can go through the Department of Homeland Security's Travel Redress Inquiry Program, a procedure that helps clear one's name. The TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). says this program "is a central gateway to address watch-list misidentification issues," among other things. Mar 29, 2007 USA plans trial of civil aircraft Manpads protection using high-altitude UAVs The US Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States is to experiment with the use of high-altitude long-endurance UAVs to protect commercial aircraft against Manpads missile attacks during take-off and landing at major US airports. Mar 28, 2007 US DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) to test cargo screening technologies in Cincinnati DHS will test air cargo air cargo: see aviation. screening technologies at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The first airplane landed at the airport January 10, 1947. this spring. The tests are part of a $30 million pilot program launched in June 2006. Mar 27, 2007 Clerics lawsuit threatens national security USA TODAY USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. profiles a lawsuit brought against the airline and Metropolitan Airports Commission by six Muslim clerics who were removed from an airline after their prayers raised suspicions. Industry insiders have taken offense to the suit's request to identify those who alerted authorities regarding the prayers. Mar 27, 2007 Responsibility for airport security creates confusion It is unclear who is responsible for screening workers at Orlando International Airport “KMCO” redirects here. For other uses, see KMCO (disambiguation). “MCO” redirects here. For other uses, see MCO (disambiguation). Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO, FAA LID: MCO)[2] , observers say. Five agencies, including the TSA, play a role in the airport's security. A TSA spokeswoman says the TSA has responsibility for each airport's security plan, but the airports are responsible for access to secured areas. Mar 26, 2007 function Aviation ACSS ACSS Africa Center for Strategic Studies ACSS Aluminum Conductor Steel Supported (cable) ACSS African Crop Science Society ACSS Association of Computer Support Specialists ACSS Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems pushing US FAA to certify 'other aircraft' function Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems said it will push US FAA to include "other aircraft" on GPS moving map displays of runways and taxiways that the agency said likely will be available for cockpit retrofits following a fast-track certification later this year. Mar 29, 2007 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 26, 2007 |
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