Security

What began as a straightforward interim final rule on alien flight training has caused heartburn at some general aviation groups.

Norwegian authorities have rushed through new security requirements at the country’s smaller airports in response to a September 29 incident in which a man

Apparently it’s OK to pose as terrorists for an NBC “exposé” on the lack of security at the nation’s general aviation airports.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a veteran of the bare-knuckle school of politics, is defiantly defending his destruction of Meigs Field last year despite thre

The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has said that he fully supports NBAA’s Transportation Security Administration Access Certifica

MedAire has expanded beyond the medical-assistance services and products the company has provided the airline and business aviation industry for 20 years,

Million Air Houston (HOU), headquarters FBO for the Million Air Interlink franchise network, recently completed a two-year joint effort with Navigance Tech

In response to numerous reports of lasers being pointed at aircraft, the FAA last month issued advisory circular (AC) 70-2 requesting all aircrews to repor

Aviation Technologies has created what it believes is a solution to the time-consuming process of checking air passenger and employee names against Transpo

Perhaps one of the least appreciated benefits of corporate aviation is that its pilots and their passengers don’t have to endure the security procedures of

Man-carried portable air defense systems (Manpads), also known as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, in the hands of terrorists have a lot of people ve

Homeland security experts are considering new measures to tighten security for general aviation operators as part of an ongoing attempt to prepare for unkn

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Although the Transportation Security Administration’s general aviation airport security guidelines working group was unable to reach a consensus on how to

For years, the marketers of the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS) have been asking the FAA to require the product.

“The nightmare scenario that we talk about is the possibility of a weapon of mass destruction being detonated in a city,” Department of Homeland Security S

“A troubling trend has developed that threatens to harm business aviation in unimaginable ways–complacency,” claims Aviation Security International.

The commission investigating the 9/11 terror attacks is subpoenaing documents it says the FAA has withheld.

In separate efforts, Jet Aviation and Kollsman are the latest companies to explore possible anti-surface-to-air-missile (SAM) systems.

“After May 1 operators not meeting the full requirements of the [twelve-five and private charter security] rules will be considered to be in noncompliance,

With the forcible shutdown of Chicago Meigs Field fresh in their minds, several members of the House aviation subcommittee called to eliminate some of the

Gulfstream now offers the FAA-approved BAE Systems Matador infrared surface-to-air missile countermeasure system for the G500, G550 and GV.

It has been just over two years since four hijacked jetliners stopped the world in its tracks on what was for residents of the New York City and Washington

With the first hints that the Bush Administration is considering raiding the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to help fund security-related expenses in 20

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of contacting air taxi operators regulated by the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program

A few days after last September 11 it became apparent that the FAA and even the Department of Transportation did not have much say in aviation security mat

Facility Access
• Is the hangar/FBO property fenced off from the street and from adjoining unsecured property?
• How do you control access

In Europe, reaction to September 11 included shock, outrage, empathy and resolve.

Regional airlines, long dependent on the efficiencies their comparatively low cost structures bring, have watched increased security burdens since Septembe