TSA to Introduce New Technology for Access Control Enhancements

Airports participating in the pilot include Boston, JFK, Denver, Orlando and Salt Lake City

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rear Adm. David M. Stone, USN (Ret.), Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), today announced the beginning of Phase II of the Airport Access Control Pilot Program in which TSA will test advanced technologies to enhance access control to secure areas of an airport. TSA will pilot the technologies in five international airports: Boston’s Logan, New York’s John F. Kennedy, Denver, Orlando and Salt Lake City. The technology will be deployed in June 2005 and the field tests will run through summer 2005.

“These programs will deploy various technologies, including state-of-the-art video surveillance, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards, iris scan readers, and hand geometry readers to protect against unwanted guests going to secure areas of the airport,” Admiral Stone said. ...

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