Press Releases

PHILADELPHIA – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle the increased travel volume this summer and the agency is committed to supporting a healthy and secure environment for airline passengers, TSA employees and…

LOS ANGELES – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin security screening operations Saturday, May 1, 2021, at a new six-lane security checkpoint located in the western portion of Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (…

BUFFALO, N.Y. —  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Buffalo Niagara International Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight…

SPOKANE, Washington - With an anticipated spike in the number of people traveling around the spring break period, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) highlighted its use of new technologies and modified security procedures to help…

APPLETON, WI – Residents of east-central Wisconsin will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Appleton International Airport (ATW) April 19-23. The airport is a convenient location to…

SEATTLE - Ahead of what is projected to be a busy spring break travel period, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) highlighted its use of touchless technologies and modified security procedures to help protect the health and safety of…

HARTFORD, Conn. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) law enforcement and police departments from Connecticut, and New York recently partnered with the Connecticut State Police (CSP) to assess their ability to hunt and stop unauthorized…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) launched an assessment of new technology that uses Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to disinfect airport checkpoint bins in the agency’s continuing effort to provide safer checkpoint…

DETROIT – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), in cooperation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Delta Air Lines, is beginning a new round of testing of a biometric…

INDIANAPOLIS – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing equipment at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) to automate the identity verification process by matching a traveler’s live photo against the photo on their government-…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The protective barriers have…

Viewing Credential Authentication Technology (CAT 1) are Tim Lewis, Deputy Federal Security Director; Adam Ostrowsky, Assistant Federal Security Director- Screening; Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart; and Eduardo Lopez, TSA Expert Security…

LINTHICUM, Md. – All of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) have gone touchless as a result of the complete installation of automated photo…

HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam (GUM) has installed a new computed tomography (CT) scanner in the security checkpoint. The scanner utilizes state-of-the art technology…

PITTSBURGH - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the main security checkpoint and the alternative checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement…

LOS ANGELES – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has installed touchless, automated photo identification scanners at all of the airport's security screening checkpoints, making it the first…

MILWAUKEE —  A state-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanner that provides 3-D imaging and seven credential authentication technology (CAT) units have been installed and are in use at the Transportation…

PORTLAND, Maine – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Portland Jetport and Bangor International Airport are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID). The three newly deployed…

MADISON, Wis. —  Two state-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners that provide 3-D imaging have been installed and are in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the Dane County…

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Lynchburg Regional Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread…

ROANOKE, Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the…

APPLETON, Wis. —  The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Appleton International Airport (ATW) is now utilizing new state-of-the-art technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their…

LA CROSSE, Wis. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to contain the spread of COVID-…

A TSA officer at Eppley Airfield inserts a traveler’s ID into the credential authentication technology unit at the checkpoint. (TSA photo) OMAHA, Neb. —  The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Eppley Airfield is now…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Yeager Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time. “The…