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Punta Cana International Airport Selects Leidos as Airport Checkpoint Technology Provider
RESTON, Va., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was selected by the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) to upgrade their security checkpoints. The airport will utilize Leidos’ world-class technologies to keep passengers and staff safe while enhancing operational efficiencies and increasing passenger throughput. “Leidos understands the …
Bushland marked as environmental offset for new Sydney airport bulldozed for car park
An area of heritage-listed bushland that formed part of the environmental offset for the western Sydney airport has been bulldozed for a car park at a new defence facility. The clearing was revealed in an independent audit of the federal government’s progress in delivering the offsets required to compensate for the destruction of endangered habitat …
Madison Cawthorn Brought a Loaded Gun to the Airport Again, Officials Say
Representative Madison Cawthorn was briefly detained by the police on Tuesday after trying to bring a loaded gun through airport security in Charlotte, N.C., in his carry-on bag, the second time in a little more than a year that the North Carolina Republican has been stopped from flying with a firearm. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department …
Anthony Albanese can’t name RBA cash rate, unemployment rate; Major airport delays continue; Sydney bus strike; New Russian commander in Ukraine; Sydney Royal Easter Show ride shut down after photo shows boy ‘unrestrained’
NSW Paramedics today launched a week of industrial action, as the Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) escalated their demands for better resourcing and pay. Until Friday, the union had placed a complete ban on ‘staff movements’, meaning Paramedics would refuse to split from crewmates or travel from their designated station to fill roster gaps elsewhere. “It’s …
Why Palm Springs airport is breaking records during COVID
If you’re heading to heaven, you really should fly out of Palm Springs. Pandemic-era air travel is a miserable combination of unhappy passengers and unreliable service — except in Palm Springs. There, flying still feels miraculous. The airport is small and easily navigable. And after you speed through security, you emerge into an outdoor desert …
Ukraine Loses Control of Hostomel Airport Near Kyiv, Official Says
Ukraine hit with data-wiping malware attack Ukrainian government websites were hit with cyberattacks Thursday that included data-wiping malware. The malware activated a day before, the Associated Press reported. Cybersecurity researchers said the malware infected hundreds of computers, including some in neighboring Latvia and Lithuania. The attacks appears to have been in preparation for as much …
Security technology upgrades highlighted at McCarran airport
Officials highlighted upgrades to McCarran International Airport’s security technology in a Monday news conference. Clark County Director of Aviation Rosemary Vassiliadis, Austin Gould, Transportation Security Administration associate administrator for requirements and capabilities, and Karen Burke, TSA federal security director for Nevada spoke at the event held in Terminal 3 at McCarran. The terminal is home to …
This Tri-Cities technology may save you from taking off your shoes at the airport | Northwest
The inconvenience of taking off your shoes to go through a security check at airports may become nothing but a memory. Instead, departing passengers could step onto a small platform that would use electromagnetic waves to check for any object hidden inside shoes that could pose a threat onboard. Two seconds later, quicker than passengers …
Atlanta Speedway Airport breaking ground on new terminal
The facility, formerly known as both the Henry County Airport and Tara Field, is replacing the current structure with a new 4,500-square-foot building. It will include a covered drop-off, large lobby area with service counter, conference and break rooms, pilot’s lounge, outdoor covered patio and staff offices. Work began on the $2.3 million project a …