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Main Page | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D

APPENDIX C
UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS FROM COMPANIES
10/1/01 @ 12:00 p.m.

CompanyUnsolicited Proposal
Galaxy Scientific Corp.Reinforced cockpit door made with same materials as hardened luggage containers
John CoffeeAirtight bullet and explosion-proof cockpit door
Aeronautics Corporation of AmericaPilot Information Display (PID)
Diebold• Bullet-resistant mantrap cockpit door
• Cabin-mounted pistol box and/or weapons lockup
Innovative Peening SystemsBullet-resistant cockpit door
Control By Light Systems Corporation"Fiber-optics monitoring system to monitor cabin and cockpit with video, downlinks, and recording, as well as automatic deadbolt for cockpit door to be used through the digital flight data system"
Fog Security SystemsGases to supress auditory and sensory systems
SkyShield Inc.GPS-based shield around selected airspace
Analytical Software Inc.Secured autopilot equipped for possible remote control
Nova Advisory Group InternationalInternet-based system to verify credentials and currency
National Telco"Enhanced ""black box"" transmission to ground"
Stephen Guetersloh IncOnboard video surveillance
Norma Becker"Augmentation of flight data recorder to capture, analyze, record, and transmit multi-sensor data, including images and aromatic signatures"
"Iridium Satellite, LLC"Global satellite-based data transmission system with real time access. Satellites deployed and off-the-shelf equipment said to exist
Mearrings IncEarrings used to receive and transmit information within aircraft
Wilkerson Instrument Company IncWide band data transmitter receiver network for aircraft and cockpit data
Honeywell• Video and monitors in cockpit and cabin
• Hardened flight deck doors
• Flight deck and cabin emergency buttoms
• Event-driven data link
• "ADS-B squitter of status, position, altitude, flight plan intent"
• Automatic initiation of ATC transponder emergency code
• Deactivation of autopilot
• 2-hour dual digital flight records with battery backup
• "Passenger, flight, ground crew, catering positive identification"
• Mantrap doors
• Aircraft wiring tamper monitors
• Automatic or emergency button circuit breaker override to critical systems
• Blacking out of flight deck windshields
• Cargo hold bomb containment
• Aircraft wiring tamper monitors
• Deployable flight recorders
• Crash-survivable video recorders
Lockheed Martin• Improved baggage detection capabilities for bomb and weapon detection
• Iris/fingerprint scanning for all airline personnel for access to aircraft
• Bistatic radar around aircraft to detect intrusion
• Federal issue for travel passports for all domestic and foreign flights
• Panic button
• Modification of CPDLC message to allow alerts
• AOC coordination for flight plan changes
• Hidden transponders
• Video and audio monitoring of cabin and cockpit
• Cockpit-commanded aircraft depressurization in cabin to knock-out passengers
• Ground override via data link to remotely fly aircraft
• Physical protection of FMS via biometric controls or physical security
• ATC capability to use aircraft-intent data to plot possible targets
• Use of PCL technology for tracking aircraft below radar coverage
• Configure DSR to accept DoD surveillance signals
• Replace ATC radars with 3-D long-range radars
Interaction Research CorpAircraft security
Edmonds Industries Inc.Background searches on all passengers
Advanced Rotorcraft Technology IncAircraft security
ARINC• Digital video camers
• Panic button
• Cockpit structural reinforcement
• Sleeping gas
• Uplink message from ground to dump fuel
• Send signal from ground to aircraft initiating false fire alarm to confuse hijacker
IN-RANGE TechnologiesConnecting passenger data to FBI data
Advanced Interactive System"Training on security and safety operations, including nine scenario for airlines"
"RRA Productions Inc, and Loyalty System""Personal parachutes for people working in buildings 70 stories and higher, as well as personal parachutes for passengers on airplanes. "
• "New design for airplanes, allowing for an emergency exit in the rear of the aircraft, similar to military "
CompanyUnsolicited Proposal
Proteus AmericaAnti-hijacking cockpit door system
Tasertron"Non-lethal, hand-held electronic immobilization device"
Taser International"Non-lethal, hand-held electronic immobilization device"
Raytheon"Applicability of current technology to aviation security concepts relating to aircraft, airports, command and control, and infrastructure"
IRMCModified VDA unit that can be installed on aircraft to provide real time sight and sound contact between pilots in locked cockit to the cabin crew. Accessible by Government agents and AAT.
Accurate Automation CorpCockpit Imagery Recorders
Grace Industries IncGrace Employee Monitoring (GEM) System for wireless personal body alarms
Protective Materials "Lightweight, flight-worthy armor systems"
CBL System CorporationUltra-secure fiber optic network for video and parameter monitoring of aircraft cabin and cockpit access denial
QORE IncMore resistant cockpit door and bulkhead
Select ProductsAircraft hardening
CeleritasDeactivation of onboard flight controls and activation of autopilot in hijack situation
Tier TechnologyPositive identification technology
SCS CorporationTracking of airline baggage

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