Airport security - Case studies
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has supplied bomb blast resistant doors and Martin Roberts steel doorsetsIngersoll Rand Security Technologies has supplied bomb blast resistant doors and Martin Roberts steel doorsets throughout Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 5. The building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership at a cost of £4.3billion.Due to tens of millions of passengers using the facility each year, it was vital that this iconic building would be as accessible...
Shanghai Magnetic Levitation Train is the first Magnetic Levitation Train in commercial operation in the worldShanghai Magnetic Levitation Train, the first Magnetic Levitation Train in commercial operation in the world, fully meets the requirement of high-speed transportation infrastructure with large capability of passengers. With the advantages of high-speed, low energy consumption and little impact to environment, magnetic levitation train has been providing incredible convenience...
The International Airport of Mexico City (AICM) is Latin America's busiest airport, and one of the world's 30 most active airports in terms of passengers, operations and cargo. Located six miles east of Mexico City, the airport is Mexico's primary international and domestic hub, with direct flights to more than 300 worldwide destinations. The airport boasts an impressive array of modern facilities including restaurants, shops, hotel reservation desks, tourist information, ATMs, banks, foreign ex...
SkyEurope Airlines, the leading low cost airline in Central Europe, has selected CabinVu-123 Cockpit Door Monitoring Systems from AD Aerospace Ltd - part of AD Group, to improve safety and security across its young fleet of 15 Boeing 737-700 aircraft. CabinVu-123 increases cockpit security by giving the pilots a clear view of any activity outside the cockpit door and in the adjacent galleys and therefore improves their situational awareness."At SkyEurope Airlines we like to ensure the...
After installing security systems for the Marshall Group of Companies for almost two decades, integrated security installer and solutions specialist, Guardian Security and Communications Ltd, was invited to tender for a major upgrade and for the provision of systems to serve a new Forward Base Operations and Maintenance Repair Operations complex for corporate jets. After carefully analysing the requirements of this complex project - which involves widely separated multiple sites - the company d...
AENA opts for Fluidmesh video surveillance system to install in La Palma aiportAENA, one of the companies which oversee all the Spanish airports, has opted to install Fluidmesh products for the video-surveillance system of La Palma Airport. With the precious help of Casmar Electronica the airport set in the Gran Canaria Island can now count on an innovative wireless technology developed by the American MIT spin-off Fluidmesh Networks. The Fluidmesh 2200 is the only wireless mes...
Firetide wireless video surveillance solution aids airport officials to watch ground crewsAirport officials at the Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple, Texas, can now watch over ground crews and protect military assets using a wireless video surveillance network. Located near Fort Hood, one of the largest military bases in the world, the Central Texas airport helps control access to Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and other military aircraft being ref...
Welcome guests During the 2006 World Cup Championship in Germany, Kaiserslautern was one of the 12 World Cup Cities to host the games. Fritz-Walter Stadium on the Betzenberg hilltop was the venue of four games in the preliminary rounds and one quarter-final. Kaiserslautern has 105,000 inhabitants, making it the smallest World Cup city in which a second stage (last 16) game has ever been played. The football frenzy in Kaiserslautern was not only restricted to native Kaiserslaute...
ObjectVideo's video content analysis will strengthens airport and passenger securityESP Group, an innovative broadband, mobile, ICT, broadcasting technology systems integrator and solution provider, and ObjectVideo®, the leader in intelligent video, recently announced that they have partnered to provide a complete video surveillance system with embedded video content analysis to 40 Norwegian airports. The framework contract win by ESP Group with Avinor, the owner and operat...
Lumenera le165 network cameras in use in Abu Dhabi International AirportLumenera Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance digital cameras and custom imaging solutions, together with Searidge Technologies, a provider of mission critical technology solutions and services in support of Air Traffic Control and Airport Operation markets, recently announced a partnership to provide specialized cameras for Searidge's suite of airport surface movement control sol...
All that glitters in the ironworksMagnificent crowns, expensive jewellery, precious tiaras - surrounded by huge, slightly oily, black machines made of iron: that is what an exhibition of glittering gold looks like in a closed-down ironworks. Exhibition expert and General Director of the Völklinger Ironworks World Cultural Heritage Site, Dr. Meinrad Maria Grewenig, recently succeeded in bringing 120 masterpieces from the Larco Museum in Peru and 50 other exhibits from the Linden-Museum...
Airport owner BAA has agreed a £3.6million contract with Siemens Building Technologies to design the entire information and communications system for the planned new Eastern Terminal at Heathrow.Heathrow Eastern Terminal will replace Terminal 2 and the Queen's Building and will be used by the Star Alliance, the global group of more than 20 airlines. Siemens, as Master Systems Integrator (MSI), is responsible for the end-to-end delivery, from concept design to operational readiness of the I...
March Networks®, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that CIEFFE, a March Networks Company, has been selected to provide the Al Ain International Airport with an IP video surveillance solution for enhanced security in the authority's terminal and cargo facilities.Al Ain International Airport, located in the United Arab Emirates, chose Al Fahad Smart Systems, an experienced CIEFFE systems integrator, to deploy the solution as part...
IndigoVision's complete IP Video solution is at the heart of a 600 camera CCTV surveillance system at the newly expanded Doha International Airport (DIA) in Qatar. As part of the preparations for DOHA 2006, the 15th Asian Games, DIA expanded its main passenger terminal adding new first and business class lounges and increased the capacity of its cargo facilities. The existing analogue CCTV system was replaced with an IndigoVision IP Video solution following an in-depth evaluation of compe...
Sandefjord Airport Torp in southeastern Norway, near Oslo, is using a video surveillance solution with Sony SNC-CS3P and Sony SNC-RZ30P network cameras to monitor different airport areas to prevent crime, both inside and outside the terminal. The rapid growth in air travel in Europe over the last ten years combined with increasing awareness of threats to security, mean that airports regularly need to update their security measures. While some national authorities are rolling out biometric...
The mission Following major redevelopment of Australia's busiest airport where annual passenger numbers topped 30 million for the first time in 2007, Sydney Airport Corporation recognised an opportunity to upgrade its analogue-based video surveillance solution to leverage the benefits of IP technology due to recent government requirements and recent events globally. Sydney Airport sought a more flexible, scalable solution that could keep pace with its growing operations while maintaining the h...
The Split Kaštela Airport is a regional airport on the Adriatic coast where most of the traffic is charter flights bringing in summer holiday makers from large airports around Europe. The impact of this rather small one-runway airport is nevertheless impressive in the region - the number of passengers has been steadily increasing, amounting to nearly 800,000 in 2004 and almost 1 million in 2005. The 382 employees work around the clock to provide the best service to their custo...
With security the number one priority for UK airport operators, technology is continuing to play a key role in meeting strict government guidelines. A recent system upgrade at London Luton Airport by ICTS (International Consultants on Targeted Security) has demonstrated how the latest digital security solutions, including Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) from Dedicated Micros and associated NetVu ObserVer software, can be used to extend the capability of a system across multiple users to pro...
Leading security doors and screens installation company, Meesons, has drawn on its 20 years of experience in access control to implement the UK's first iris biometric access control portal. The bespoke solution has been designed and fitted for controlling and monitoring staff access to restricted areas at Manchester Airport. Working with HumanRecognitionSystems Ltd (HRS) and CEM Systems - a provider of fully customised security management solutions, Meesons has played a critical role in t...
MissionThe Shipton Group, which owns and manages Douglas Court Shopping Centre in Cork, Ireland, required a surveillance solution to cut crime, gather video evidence to dramatically cut slip and fall injury claims, reinforce tenants' health and safety obligations, and even improve customer experience to deploy support staff more effectively around Douglas Court.SolutionThe Shipton Group worked with Irish IT consultancy RPC Consultants, a leading Axis Communications partner in the region, to deli...
Data Electronics Group opts for Axis Communications' IP-Surveillance solution to provide additional layer of physical security in its Dublin-based data centre.Data Electronics Group (DEG) was founded in 1974 as a field engineering-based business installing, integrating, maintaining and carrying out network administration for computer equipment used by airport and airline staff for key activities such as tagging bags and checking in passengers. Today one division of DEG still provides...
Compelling technologyAt the start of the last century, when the Fendt brothers began building their first tractors in the forge set up by their father, Johan Georg Fendt, they made a commitment to create technical solutions that would be as cost-effective as they were reliable. In 1930, they built Europe's first small tractor, with a 6HP engine, mounted plow, and independently-driven mower. With the Fendt ‘diesel horse', the small and medium-sized farms had their first financi...
Verint Systems Inc. announced that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) will expand its deployment of Verint's NextivaTM Critical Infrastructure (CI) solution and integrated analytics to enhance passenger safety at all security checkpoints within LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International Airports. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey manages regional transportation infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, airports, and seaports in the New York - New Jersey ar...
Vicon have manufactured video management solutions for airports and ports throughout the world. For St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, simply wanting a high performance CCTV system wasn't enough. They wanted a system that could be expanded over an extended period of time without replacing the existing infrastructure. They found that solution in the Vicon family of video products and a business relationship that began almost 10 years ago is still going strong.Building a bett...
Using Axis video servers, Biarritz Airport migrated its video surveillance system to IP.MissionThe Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Airport is located 75% in the town of Anglet and 25% in that of Biarritz, in the French Basque Country. Approximately 500 people work at the airport, which welcomes 865,000 passengers per year. In order to strengthen the airport's security measures, management decided in March 2006 to upgrade its video surveillance system. The airport had an installed base...
Well before September 11 2001, airports grappled with the problem of balancing security with access - how to run airports securely, but smoothly. The solution adopted long before the September 11 atrocity by Brussels Airport, at the heart of the European Union, is hands-free technology, which not only enables more than 30,000 employees and contractors to pass to and fro freely and securely, but also demonstrates the value of real partnership. Background Brussels boasts one of the...
APT SkiData, the UK's leading Pay-on-Foot parking systems business, has won one of the largest refurbishment projects to be awarded this year, replacing the systems currently installed in four car parks at Southampton Airport with the latest APT 450 systems and integrated Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology.The contract, awarded through Meteor Parking with whom APT SkiData has successfully worked at Stansted Airport, includes replacing systems within four areas: the short-term;...
Tradition obligates"We know most of our 800 car dealership customers personally. As a result, we can offer them very individualised service, which distinguishes us from our larger competitors." For Heinrich Krawietz, co-owner and managing director of Auto-Schöttle in Stuttgart-Botnang, consistent customer care is not just another slick marketing phrase. In his dealership, word is worth just as much as a signed contract. Hard work, cost savings, trust,...
NICE Systems Ltd, the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, recently announced that Shanghai Pudong International Airport has placed a 7-digit order to provide its IP-based video solution with content analytics. Shanghai Pudong Airport will use the NICE solution to enhance the safety and security for a capacity of tens of millions passengers per year.Located in the eastern part of Pudong district of Shangh...
CEM AC2000 AE (Airport Edition) system provides UK's fastest growing regional airport with IP, airport-specific security CEM Systems, an access control brand of Tyco International, announced recently that Durham Tees Valley Airport, UK, has chosen the CEM AC2000 AE (Airport Edition) security management system. The system will be installed by CEM Approved Reseller, Advance Integrated Systems PLC. Durham Tees Valley Airport, Robin Hood Airport and Liv...
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