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"Over 200,000 travelers have sought electronic travel authorization in the weeks since the site went live, and 99.6% of them have been approved -- the vast majority in under one minute," said Stewart Baker, assistant secretary for policy at DHS. Oct 17, 2008 US Department of Defense officials are considering an air force proposal to transfer the entire fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-1B Predators to the army's control. The proposed inventory transfer, if approved, would enable the USAF to afford shifting to an all-MQ-9 Reaper fleet, also made by GA-ASI, said Kevin Meiners, assistant deputy under secretary for portfolio, programmes and resources. The issue is still being debated by senior defence officials as they prepare for the 2009 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a congressionally-mandated planning exercise that shapes the Pentagon's spending priorities every four years. Oct 17, 2008 Experts say problems could arise from airport security loophole. While passengers are taking off their shoes and removing their laptops from their cases, it's perfectly legal at many U.S. airports for people to take a loaded gun right up to the security checkpoint. Critics of the security rules say that the loophole practically encourages people to smuggle firearms onto a plane and could endanger the lives of airport workers, passengers and others. Oct 16, 2008 Department of Homeland Security, issued a report that says the Transportation Security Administration failed to track uniforms and security passes of former employees for years. If the uniforms and/or security badges were to end up in the wrong hands, it "could significantly increase an airport's vulnerability to unauthorized access and, potentially, a wide variety of terrorist and criminal acts," the report said. TSA said that it agrees with many of the report findings but noted that it had begun implementing many of the recommendations before the report was completed, including better tracking of passes and uniforms. Oct 13, 2008 Chicago O'Hare More airports this year are offering flu shots to fliers following a successful test at Chicago O'Hare that saw 5,000 travelers get vaccinated last year. About two dozen airports plan to offer shots this year at kiosks set up near restaurants and other services popular with passengers. Oct 16, 2008 North America Airlines, Atlanta North America is "one of the early adopter markets" for technologies such as online check-in and self-service kiosks. The SITA study found that 18% of passengers at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport checked in online, while another 38% used kiosks in the terminal. Atlanta's combined self-service rate of 56% was far higher than the 36% average for airports in Mumbai, Paris, Moscow, Sao Paulo and Johannesburg. Oct 14, 2008 Sensis Sensis has won a three-year $131 million contract from FAA to install runway status lights (RWSL) at 22 major US airports. Two optional one-year extensions of the contract for additional airport installations could bring the deal's total value to $215 million. RWSL takes cues from Sensis' Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X (ASDE-X) surface surveillance system to determine when a runway is occupied. Pilots are alerted not to cross or enter a runway by red lights embedded in runway ends and intersecting taxiways. Oct 17, 2008 Tampa Airport Tampa Airport body scanner set to go online. Security officials at Tampa International Airport will begin using a full-body imager next week after months of controversy and delays. TSA says officers viewing the images will be in a remote room where cell phones, cameras and video equipment are prohibited. Passengers will be allowed to refuse the imaging booth, but those who do so will be subject to a pat-down search. 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