Digital Travel Credentials coming to Canada-Netherlands pilot, future US scanners
Digital travel credential pilots are set to expand beyond Europe, and forthcoming biometric scanners from Idemia will support such digital…
Credential Authentication Technology (CAT)
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Rollout of biometric CAT2s begins in Colorado as legacy scanners reject state IDs
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has installed five of its new credential authentication terminals from Idemia to process travellers with…
Face biometrics deployed by Emirates, three airports but Italy lawsuit shows resistance
Digital innovations and partnerships in the aviation industry continue to roll out as an airline and airports on three continents…
Clear, Alaska Airlines, TSA deploy biometrics to ease US airport experience
Biometrics vendors and their aviation sector customers have recently completed new or analyzed existing biometrics deployments to make traveler journeys…
Idemia I&S wins $128M ID and biometrics scanner contract to enhance US airport security
Idemia Identity & Security USA has secured an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ), $128 million contract with the U.S. Department…
TSA fighting to fund biometric screening devices, airport digital ID expansion
The Biden administration is selling its fiscal 2024 Transportation Security Administration budget request to the opposition-held House of Representatives, which…
CAT2 request goes out for facial recognition at US airports
The U.S. government is advertising for a vendor that can add face biometrics to its existing ability to validate document-credentialing…
TSA has big biometric ID management plans. Privacy, paranoia remain hurdles
Two decades after the U.S. Transportation Security Administration was formed to prevent people from bringing hazards aboard commercial jets, TSA…
TSA launches digital identity roadmap
Among several familiar themes for airport biometrics – the need for collaboration, improved passenger processing times and experiences, the rapid…
A few bars are being raised in the U.S. for mDL authentication
An expansive, new round of testing for upgraded credential authentication technology in the United States has begun. The program could…
