http://www.gsnmagazine.com en http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/960.html August 18, 2008 In an effort to identify mature explosives detection technologies that can be used effectively to screen cargo being loaded onto passenger aircraft, TSA is planning a 5-year program to test in laboratories and the field different categories of detection equipment. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/959.html August 18, 2008 Because a terrorist attack in the U.S. using explosives could come from a variety of directions -- and take a variety of shapes and sizes â€" the U.S. Government is moving forward in a variety of ways to thwart such attacks. Different technical concepts and different business models are being pursued by different agencies to address these dire scenarios. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/912.html July 28, 2008 Will the Department of Homeland Security meet the congressionally mandated Sept. 30, 2008 deadline to have the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), the centerpiece of U.S. government efforts to provide early detection and warning of biological threats, up and running and ™fully operational™? Based on July 16 testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Securityâ€s Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology Subcommittee, the answer clearly depends on the meaning of the phrase ™fully operational.™ More on bio-surveillance http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/906.html July 21, 2008 Hereâ€s an e-mail message from Steven Brill, CEO of Verified Identity Pass, Inc., about the lead article in todayâ€s Homeland Security Insider regarding GSAâ€s decision to not allow federal government employees to seek reimbursement for their Registered Traveler membership fees. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/904.html July 21, 2008 The General Services Administration has handed a setback to the companies running ™Trusted Traveler™ programs at U.S. airports by declaring that federal government employees are not allowed to seek reimbursements for their individual membership fees, about $100 per year, paid to these companies. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/898.html July 17, 2008 When it comes to the security of commercial aircraft cargo, is DHS implementing the requirements of the 9/11 Act effectively? That was the overarching question posed at the July 16 session of House Homeland Security Committeeâ€s Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee. Not surprisingly, a senior DHS official testifying said yes, while some committee members, and the head of an airline pilots†association, voiced skepticism. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/897.html July 17, 2008 Farnborough, UK-based BAE Systems†Jeteye infrared missile-defense system has completed its first flight on a scheduled American Airlines aircraft flying from New Yorkâ€s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/aviation-security/889.html July 15, 2008 Eighty-three percent of respondents to the second annual SITA Global Airline IT Security Survey feel increased pressure to respond to IT security threats, up from 80 percent the previous year.