Airport security

TSA’s ‘Airport of the Future’ Will Use Biometrics, Risk-Based Screening

This week, the Transportation Security Administration released its ambitious strategy to create what the agency describes as the “airport of the future.”

Posted Sept. 2 on FedBizOpps, the 45-page “Strategic Five-Year Technology Investment Plan for Aviation Security” lays the groundwork “for future innovation and meets the immediate technology demands of specific mission needs.”

Today, TSA oversees about 440 federally regulated airports, which include a daily stream of about 1.8 million passengers and 1.2 million checked bags. But over the next 20 years, the number of passengers is predicted to increase by 1.1 billion, according to the 2015 Federal Aviation Administration forecast.