Airports

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US …

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RAND Corporation · 20 March 2024 English

To evaluate public perception of the benefits and risks of U.S. Department of Homeland Security use of artificial intelligence technologies, researchers surveyed the nationally representative RAND American Life Panel about …

2009, DHS deployed a set of automated scanners at airports that displayed an image of a screened traveler’s and Border Protection (CBP), have used FRT at airports and border crossings for more than a decade to verify travelers’ identities. CBP uses FRT at airports across the country for verification of identities also testing the use of FRT at a sampling of U.S. airports in place of the standard manual security check FRT and other technologies at border crossings, airports, or other contexts. For instance, according to


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 20 March 2024 English

The corridor is envisaged to link Europe and Southeast Asia through railways, maritime ports, and airports to facilitate the movement of cargo. [...] This measure is in addition to the tariff threats issued

Southeast Asia through railways, maritime ports, and airports to facilitate the movement of cargo. Other than


RAND Corporation · 20 March 2024 English

The authors developed a research agenda to understand how defense supply chains can better withstand unanticipated and highly impactful disruptions whose probability and impact cannot be readily calculated or quantified. …

factories and distribution networks (e.g., harbors, airports) were shut down unexpectedly because of emergency


RAND Corporation · 20 March 2024 English

Authors researched public perceptions of government use of facial recognition technology and other artificial intelligence technologies, including through a nationally representative survey.

implement automated body scanning technology at airports (along with other set- backs due to public outcry)


RAND Corporation · 20 March 2024 English

To investigate stakeholders’ perceptions of fifth-generation (5G) technologies and how those perceptions could affect 5G’s use for homeland security, researchers used a combination of literature review, social network and lexical …

infrastructure in ways that the public will observe in airports, border crossings, and emergency services. How- . 42 C.1. Qualitative Coding Data from the Airports Public-Perception Focus Group . . . . . . 60 requirements for certain Boeing 737–series airplanes at airports where 5G interference could occur (Federal Aviation three types of critical infrastructure sites (airports, seaports, or U.S. land Public Perceptions of Notetakers Public focus group (75 minutes each) On airports 8 1 2 • Their interactions with mobile technologies


Council on Geostrategy · 19 March 2024 English

If it succeeds, the threat to free and open countries is threefold: the CCP would capture vast amounts of data and weaponise it; the CCP would gain the capability to …

generation and transmission, transport (railways, airports, seaports), food infrastructure, and data transmissions


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 19 March 2024 English

India will head into elections from the middle of next month in what is the world’s largest democratic exercise. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the race to win …

development program, ranging from highways to airports, a critical government-led push to provide the development program, ranging from highways to airports, a critical government-led push to provide the


Cato Institute · 19 March 2024 English

It is well known that access to goods and services that would not otherwise be available is a benefit of international trade. Even those who would restrict trade do not …

freezers and pharmaceutical storage hubs at major airports. The vaccinesʼ rapid production and distribution


Wilson Center Canada · 18 March 2024 English

Nonetheless it gained 4.9% of the vote, and while it had a range of other issues—opposition to “radical gender ideology,” support for oil pipelines, liberalization of gun laws and protecting …

been a surge in the number of persons arriving at airports with visas who have sought asylum, possibly as


CPP: Centre for Productivity and Prosperity · 15 March 2024 French

Le rapport • Meilleure planification : avoir recours à des autorités organisatrices du transport identifie également les causes de retards et de dépassement de coûts qui nuisent (AOT) afin de …

prospérité – Fondation Walter Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation. J. Somers, HEC Montréal


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