Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security: First Report

Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (Author), National Materials Advisory Board (Author), Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (Author), Panel on Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security (Author)

ISBN: 9780309067874

Publisher: National Academies Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$147.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$159.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$158.75 (100+ copies: $158.00)

List/retail price:

$147.00

Pub Date: December 23, 1999

Dewey: 363.2876

LCCN: 00702414

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 10.80" L x 8.36" W ( 0.50 lbs) 86 pages

BISAC Categories:

Social Science | General | Technology and Engineering | Transportation | Aviation

Series: National Cooperative Highway Research Program Synthesis of H

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

This report assesses the operational performance of explosives-detection equipment and hardened unit-loading devices (HULDs) in airports and compares their operational performance to their laboratory performance, with a focus on improving aviation security.