The Maltese-registered Challenger operates under a commercial air operator certificate (AOC). Under a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) mandate, aircraft flown in Europe are to be equipped with ADS-B Out by June 7, 2020. The FAA mandate in the U.S. is January 1. Nomad said the ADS-B installation was completed during the inspection process and the Challenger...
Boeing has submitted a proposal to NASA for an integrated Human Lander System (HLS) designed to safely take astronauts to the surface of the moon and return them to lunar orbit as part of the Artemis space exploration program. The company’s proposal calls for delivering the lander’s Ascent Element and Descent Element to lunar orbit in one rocket launch to ensure it is...
The new service center at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) offers sizeable ramp space and access to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Savannah, Georgia-based airframer said. “Southern California, especially Los Angeles County, is a prime location for Gulfstream business jets, and with maintenance facilities in both Van Nuys and Long Beach, we have the resources to assist cus...
IN 5 MINUTES MORE SECURITY IN SPACE: OTEC SUPPORTS RESEARCHERS TESTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEW METALS IN SPACE Yes, that is true! Ceramic parts from CeramTec GmbH processed with OTEC precision finish fly around the earth in space - in a manned space station! How did this happen? The starting point was a research project: as the production of absolutely homogeneous ...
Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) received a $96.8m award from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for HI-SCAN 6040 CTiXs, Computed Tomography (CT) 3-D Scanners. This multi-year contract was awarded under the TSA Advanced Technology X-ray program which aims to improve aviation efficiencies, passenger experiences and security.
Family members of two victims of an August 14, 2016, crash of a Piper Navajo have filed a lawsuit in a District Court in Mississippi claiming air traffic controllers failed to provide the pilot with accurate information, data that plaintiffs say could have prevented the accident. The NTSB found the cause of the accident to be "a total loss of power in both engines due...
According to MedAire, as risk ratings change and business travel continues to take passengers to areas now considered to be high risk, clients are seeking risk-mitigation services to keep passengers, aircraft, and co-workers safe. Customers are increasingly utilizing the company’s security services, including air travel safety briefings, airspace assessments, go or no-go...
ecent months have seen a flurry of publicity for Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) and British Airways’ (BA) facial recognition-equipped self-boarding gates, which allow domestic passengers to scan their own boarding passes and, when approved, simply walk on board the aircraft. Those new gates are powered by technology from Northamptonshire company Aurora, a leader in the f...
The gateway, located on the Caribbean island of St Maarten, has introduced the technology as part of its ongoing improvements designed to streamline identification processes and subsequently enhance passenger flows. The project is a joint initiative by SXM and the Immigration and Border Protection Services, a department within the Ministry of Justice of St Maarten, w...
Handling over 34 million passengers per year travelling to around 200 destinations in 90 countries, Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second largest airport. CEM Systems airport specific access control solution, AC2000 Airport provides Gatwick Airport with a fully comprehensive security solution. Gatwick Airport has been using the CEM AC2000 Airport system for more than 16...
Exciting Announcement Alert! We are thrilled to share a new Kumahira Security Gate Branding movie! It is about our company but it focuses on our security gate. Check out the video on our Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo8SnAoY2FM #Securitygate #Turnstile #AccessControl #Kumahira #security #manufacturer #hiroshima #japan #Japanmade
DERMALOG offers one of the world's fastest and most accurate fingerprint-matching systems, processing nearly 3.6 billion fingerprint matches per second on a single-blade server - a world record. DERMALOG AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) is the world's first real-time AFIS - which means waiting is a thing of the past. Our solution is available in two ver...
A celebration ceremony was held at our headquarters last week to honor our Korean distributor SEHWAN MS, Ltd for making an amazing record of achieving to sell a total of 3,000 KUMAHIRA security gates up to last year. They are one of our leading distributors and have been selling our products to a wide variety of customers in South Korea, including buildings of worldwide ...
Kumahira’ Handheld Liquid Scanner LSR-HN1 has awarded the “GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2022” sponsored by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion. The LSR-HN1 was highly evaluated its rounded shape that ensures a symbolic and gentle impression, and ease of operation as well, while achieving high operability and robustness for use in any location. Since our first award in 2003, we ...
Kumahira Co., Ltd has been featured as “the leading security provider in Japan for over a century” in an article published by ArchiExpo E-Magazine, a multi-industry news site that supports decision-makers with in-depth articles, reports, interviews. Click below for the full report of the article on ArchiExpo E-Magazine. https://emag.archiexpo.com/kumahira-japans-number-...
FibreFENCE has started the 2022 with new important partnerships and consolidating the 2021 ones. We are thrilled to take part to Airport Show in Dubai, in partnership with ICE and together with 35 italian . Read more here.
We are excited to announce that our company president, Akinobu Kumahira, has been honored to be interviewed by The Worldfolio, an international media agency. The article has been published by Newsweek International on November 26th, 2021, and has also been featured on the headlines of The Worldfolio website. In this article, our president talks about our company philosop...
1 - MATERIALS AND SUSTAINABILITY Low cost, low quality, poor materials. The queue barrier will wear out very soon, it will not resist to impact, it will has a strong tendency to warp and twist and you have to buy another one soon: consumism generates pollution. On the contrary, Tendiflex high-quality materials allow us to guarantee durability for many years, supportin...
Obscure wayfinding and blocked emergency exits are all too common causes of OSHA fines in numerous facilities that ultimately influence how fast someone can evacuate in an emergency situation. OSHA Emergency Standards OSHA has emergency standards to help guide employers on how to prepare their workplace and train employees for emergencies before they happen. The stan...
The ASLs will enhance security efficiency while decreasing the waiting time for travelers. Other features include stainless steel countertops designed to enable multiple passengers to place their items in bins simultaneously; automated conveyor belts that move bins into the x-ray machine tunnel and return the bins to the front of the security checkpoint; cameras that cap...
Though we might think little of it, our gait is as unique to us as our fingerprint and may very well be the next step in biometrics. Researchers at The University of Manchester and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, have developed a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI), biometric verification system that can measure a human’s individual gait or walking p...
The company write: “A good hike-and fly backpack should be comfortable to carry, cinch down tight against your back, and be made of the highest quality light-weight materials. We have designed the Summiteer Light to do just that“. It will be delivered with all Lhotse paragliders from March 2018, and can also be ordered separately from UP dealers. Size S: 385g V...
The company say it’s made from lightweight materials – carbon seat board and footplate, lightweight speedbag and slim straps – with an aerodynamic design and high levels of comfort and safety. The Transformer has a 16cm back protector, under-seat ballast pocket and integrated rescue container. Sky say the speedbag can be fitted or removed very easily, and there is a ...
The Brazilian company say the cross-country harness is optimised for aerodynamic performance and comfort. It weighs from 3.7kg in the S size, to 4.15kg in XL, and is EN and LTF certified for pilot weights up to 120kg. There are two versions of the leg cover: one version has a single rescue container, and the other houses two reserves and an anti-G drogue chute. Sol...
Ideal for incorporating into an airport’s queuing environment or for use as a wall lining solution, TMP responds to the growing terrorist threat in airports by providing a blast-resistant queuing solution that can better protect bystanders and contain potential hazards in the event of an explosion. TMP uses reinforced glass fiber to ensure the barriers are strong enou...
The new 12mm Dyneema bridles are rated to 1,700 DaN, which is higher than before, and they are more elastic so the opening shock is reduced. In addition, the narrower webbing takes up less room so the packed reserve is smaller. The bridles’ end connections are protected by a Teflon-coated section to reduce the chance of friction-induced webbing burns during deployment...
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has signed a €7M deal with Robin Radar Systems to provide bird radars for bird strike avoidance at all its air bases in the Netherlands. Bird strikes on aircraft is a recognised problem in civil aviation. A well-known example is the socalled ‘Miracle on the Hudson’, where a passenger aircraft had to ditch into the Hudson River in New Y...
On June 28, a statement issued by the Department of Homeland Security made clear the US Government’s intentions. It read: “The United States and the global aviation community face an adaptive and agile enemy. Terrorist groups continue to target passenger aircraft, and we have seen a “spider web” of threats to commercial aviation as terrorist pursue new attack methods....
There was good news at the FAA’s General Aviation Safety Summit held this week in Washington, D.C. “We’re still finalizing the numbers, but it looks like 2017 will end up being our safest year yet,” said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta in a speech at the Summit. The fatal accident rate has declined below one per 100,000 flight hours. Huerta credited safety measures...
aeroCNCT is the industry’s only Crewmember Network and Connectivity Training certification which supports industry professionals working with, or responsible for, connectivity during flight. Designed and developed with input from crew members the material uses real world experiences to give crew members the confidence to tackle problems relating to applications and conne...
Zetec will showcase several leading ultrasonic and eddy current solutions. These include: TOPAZ family of advanced phased array ultrasonic technology (UT) instruments; The award-winning NDT PaintBrush scanner for detecting wall-thickness reductions due to corrosion, abrasion, or erosion; MIZ-200 high-performance eddy current (EC) instrument, available in tubing and surfa...
Cloud security and blockchain are helping airlines reinforce cybersecurity and safeguard data – a serious challenge in the aviation industry. Cyber-attacks – not if, but when Like most industry segments, airlines are quickly realizing that threats are just as likely to come from inside the organization as from outside. Cyber-attacks have been reported at airports acros...
Within the aviation, space and defence (ASD) industry, maintaining high safety levels is the foremost challenge. Even the smallest flaws in products or services can have fatal consequences. This has led to high expectations for quality, safety and reliability of parts, systems and services. Every organisation working in the ASD industry must therefore demonstrate its com...
The three-year contract will deliver the next generation of Automated Border Control passenger-processing technology, assisting the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection to collect and verify biometric data from all passengers. It will also deliver a new capability that will enable known travelers to self-process through the border without the need ...
Speaking at TED Global in Tanzania, Oshiorenoya Agabi revealed to the assembly his Koniku Kore – a computer with a spectacular twist. The device is based not on silicon but on living tissue, namely the neurons of mice. Biology is technology. It has been trained to sniff out the scent of explosives and as such could sound a death knell to present-day airport sec...
The ERS Silver Award is the second highest badge of honour presented to organisations that have pledged their support through the Armed Forces Covenant, and demonstrated a high level of support to the Armed Forces community through their normal business practices. As a Silver award winner NATS has shown that it actively communicates and upholds a positive stance to it...
