Washington DC - March 8 - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the first 11 airports to receive advanced imaging technology units purchased with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.

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Washington DC - February 12 - Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the loss of the U.S. Navy airship USS Macon, NOAA announced that the wreck site on the seafloor within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Washington DC - January 19 - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that after conducting a thorough review it has found that Virgin America remains a U.S. citizen and remains under the actual control of U.S. citizens.  Under U.S. law, only airlines that meet the standards for U.S. citizenship may hold authority to operate as a U.S. airline.

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Washington DC - January 8 - President Obama remarked on strengthening intelligence and aviation security following Department of Homeland Security reviews of aviation screening, technology and procedures.

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Washington DC - January 5 - President Barack Obama discussed his solemn responsibility to protect the nation, from ordering reviews into the attempted act of terrorism in Detroit to a comprehensive strategy that has refocused our efforts on the fight against al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and strengthened international partnerships to keep unrelenting pressure on extremists across the globe.

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Washington DC - December 30 - Aviation security could be improved with the use of databases containing passengers’ personal information, technology such as body scans and better information-sharing, according to an article in The Washington Post.

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Washington DC - December 30 - President Obama reiterated his call for reviews of the U.S. terrorist watch system and air travel screening, citing a systematic breakdown leading up to the Christmas Day airline attack.

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Washington DC - December 29 - President Barack Obama broke from his holiday vacation in Hawaii to address the recent terrorist attack on a U.S. airliner, and the violent response of the Iranian government to recent political unrest.

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Washington DC - December 29 - President Barack Obama’s nomination of Erroll Southers, a former FBI special agent and a counterterrorism expert, to head the Transportation Security Administration is being obstructed by Senator Jim DeMint over Southers intentions regarding unionization of TSA employees, reports The Washington Post.

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Washington DC - December 24 - While the setbacks suffered by the business aviation industry over the past year or so have been substantial, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) expects new business aviation orders to begin recovering in 2010.

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Washington DC - December 22 - A U.S. Air Force conference focused on ways Air Force officials can consolidate their efforts with other organizations to gain access into the national airspace system.

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Washington DC - December 21 - The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, reported that passenger revenue fell 7 percent in November 2009 versus the same month in 2008.

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Washington DC - December 10 - The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will expand public access to its frequently-updated information on airport delays through an Airport Status and Delays Web service registered on Data.gov.

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Washington DC - December 7 - The FAA is soliciting bids from companies interested in competing for NextGen support contracts with an approximate combined value of $7 billion, the largest award in the agency’s history.

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