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Got any security ideas?  Known as the Instinct-Technology Demonstrator 2 (TD2), the project is designed to discover, trial and showcase emergent security technologies, solutions and ideas. These will be validated through trials and analysis conducted in a combination of live physical environments, including UK airports and synthetic environments. Support to develop technologies, solutions or ideas into real products that can be quickly implemented within the aviation security environment is a key deliverable for the project, as is the awareness of these 'products' and their capabilities by the airport, airline and security authorities and companies. Participation in the project is sought from any person, company or academic institution ('demonstrators'), regardless of size or location, that has a technology, solution or idea that could improve aviation security at any stage in the air travel process, from the point of planning and booking a trip, through to boarding an aircraft. Ideally this would improve, or at least not affect, passenger experience and/or airport revenues. Under a competitive selection process, Thales UK has been chosen to lead the project, working with aviation and security experts from Olive Group, Human Recognition Systems, Global Security Challenge, Smith Institute, the University of Cambridge and Manchester and Birmingham airports, and supported by a number of trade and industry associations including Intellect, Security Innovation and Technology Consortium (SITC), UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers' Community (RISC), Aerospace Defence Security Group (ADS) and National Security & Resilience Consortium (NS&RC). Security Minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones says: "The threat to our security is real and is evolving, and technology can play a key role in reducing that threat. This project shows how the Government is working with industry to find those innovative and emerging technologies." |
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