The security system will use wireless cameras, sensors, and motion-detection devices to monitor the airport perimeter fence line. Information gathered will be sent to a central operations center, giving security officials access to all data.

The agreement does not guarantee that the program will be relocated to the new 4,000-acre airport under construction in West Bay, but it is federal officials’ stated intent to transfer the security system to the new airport when it opens in 2010.

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Skyplan announces partnering with Phoenix Fuel to form Phoenix Skyplan. Phoenix Skyplan will feature an expanded suite of services, including flight planning capabilities and licensed dispatchers.

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Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced security inspection systems, wins a research contract from the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) with funding from the Department of Homeland Security to identify the optimal design for CT-based explosives detection systems (EDS) and to develop a hardware and software platform as a result of these findings.

EDS is the TSA-certified technology currently used to screen checked baggage in the US and abroad.

The investigation includes analysis of the tradeoffs between CT image quality, false alarm rates, and throughput. Reveal will receive up to $2.5 million for the 24-month effort.

The evaluation will include X-ray scanning techniques, using image resolution that is not commercially available in any certified EDS.