Safer Airports Infographic Technology ecosystem for safer and more efficient airports

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Over the next 20 years, the IATA expects world passengers to increase by 3.8% per year on average, resulting in over 4 billion additional passenger journeys in 2043 compared to 2023. *

When it comes to safety and operational efficiency, is your airport equipped to keep up? Discover how Motorola Solutions’ ecosystem of voice, video and software technology can enable your airport to stay safer and more efficient, even in the most dynamic and complex environments.

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Our airport-focused technology ecosystem enables efficient site monitoring and seamless connectivity with existing systems. Explore these use cases to see our ecosystem in action at airports all over the world.

Perimeter intrusion detection

Missing person

Service staff safety

Drone detection

Parking lot security

Resticted area access

Real-time collaboration

Ground handler safety

Challenge

Protection of vast perimeters

Airport perimeters, which can span several miles and often border busy highways or shipping channels, are remote areas that typically have poor lighting and compromised visibility.

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Solution

Monitor large areas with integrated camera technology

HD wide-lens fixed, PTZ and panoramic cameras and ultra long range EO systems allow airports to monitor more with less: a camera recognises an individual scaling a fence to an airfield and alerts security teams. Situational awareness is maintained as the intruder's appearance is automatically tracked across multiple cameras on the airfield.

Outcome

Security staff can respond quickly in the event of intrusion

The security team is alerted to the intruder's location. Local police are contacted and provided with video footage for immediate response. The incident is logged with pre-populated fields and relevant data.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

Preventing unauthorized access

Airports have a lots of sensitive areas, which are strictly off-limits to unauthorized workers and the general public; some breaches could cause a major airport lockdown.

Solution

Unauthorized movement recognised and apperance tracked in terminal

The camera detects movement in an unauthorized area and sends an alert to security. The intruder’s appearance is captured and automatically tracked across multiple areas and cameras.

Outcome

Airport operators are able to respond rapidly

Unauthorized individuals attempting to enter restricted areas can lead to theft, illegal movement of goods, vandalism, and attacks. After the initial radio alert, the intruder's image and location are sent to nearby security teams. The incident is then logged with pre-populated fields and relevant data, allowing for further training & analysis.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

Lost or disoriented individual

Locating lost children or missing persons in crowded areas can be challenging due to the unpredictability of their movements and the high volume of other passengers at the airport. Prompt identification and assistance is essential to prevent escalations and ensure their safety.

Solution

Face match to recognize missing person and activate appearance tracking

AI-powered video analytics can rapidly locate specific persons of interest by scrubbing hours of video footage. It can search for individuals matching a defined physical description or uploaded photo. If available, photos of the missing person can be uploaded and facial recognition can be used to create alerts to notify nearby security staff.

Outcome

Notification communicated, first response initiated

Local police were directly informed and provided with video footage of the missing person. The incident was recorded and logged, and situational awareness was maintained to enable an immediate response.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

Safeguarding staff

Airport staff are vulnerable to being the target of aggression or unfounded complaints from passengers and members of the public. This ranges from verbal intimidation, abuse and threats to physical assault.

Solution

Capturing the incident as video evidence

Body-worn cameras serve as a visible deterrent to members of the public, while capturing video footage that can be used for evidential purposes.

Outcome

Incident analyzed and shared

Airport personnel can experience enhanced safety and a decreased risk of verbal and physical altercations. Video and audio footage can be used as evidence to successfully prosecute offenders and resolve incidents.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

The rising threat of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems)

Drones and other unmanned aerial systems can disrupt flight schedules, ground operations and damage airports.

Solution

Monitoring large airspace to verify drone incursion

Integrate Silent Sentinel camera systems with top-tier thermal cameras into third-party radar or RF-based detection setups to detect UASs accurately and swiftly across short and long ranges. The airport can further verify drone incursions via Silent Sentinel bi-spectral camera systems, using advanced AI for precise auto-classification, distinguishing drone targets from other airborne objects like aircraft and birds.

Outcome

Threat level assessed and mitigated

Silent Sentinel camera systems use video trackers to monitor drones in protected airspace, allowing security personnel to assess threat levels early. It integrates with various mitigation technologies like laser dazzlers, long-range illuminators and third-party jammers to counter potential threats.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

Strengthen parking lot security

Late at night, a driver speeds through a parking lot and crashes through the gate arm.

Solution

Vehicle identified, triggering alert to security

License Plate Recognition (LPR) camera captures license plate information from high speed, high traffic areas. Security uses LPR analytics to automatically identify a blacklisted vehicle in the existing database and track the intruder's movements across multiple cameras.

Outcome

Offender apprehended and loss mitigated

Security personnel are notified and dispatched with an image and the location of the intruder. Field security intercepts the individual before reaching the terminal entrance. An incident is logged with pre-populated fields and relevant data. The integration of LPR with access control and parking management systems has proven valuable in identifying individuals responsible for both parking fee avoidance and property damage, thereby mitigating revenue loss.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

Ground handlers' safety - an ongoing concern

The ramp, where most ground worker accidents occur, is a noisy, hazardous environment with numerous simultaneous below-wing services and operations.

Solution

AI-Trained noise suppression

Radio devices integrate noise reduction technology, which is powered by AI machine-learning. This technology suppresses loud background noise and improves call clarity, ensuring clear communication for workers in loud environments, such as the ramp and taxiway. When multiple radios are used near each other, acoustic feedback like howling and distortion can disrupt radio communications. This is a common issue for ground operation workers who often work in close proximity and use multiple radios. AI-trained noise suppression can minimize acoustic feedback by automatically adjusting the audio profile of the receiving radio.

Outcome

Enhanced safety and efficiency of ground handlers

AI-trained systems enable teams and individuals to focus on the task at hand, rather than being distracted by having to lower audio volume or change feedback suppression settings manually, as they move between environments.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Challenge

Extending communications beyond airport confines

Push-to-talk (PTT) communications at airports have traditionally been limited to on-site use, hindering effective communication among team members during critical moments. This limitation arises from the diverse stakeholders involved in airport operations and the need for communication across different locations and teams.

Solution

Real-time collaboration with off-site team and third-party service providers

Extend connectivity with operators outside the airports via integrating mission-critical DMR networks via WAVE PTX broadband PTT service which operates across networks and devices in flexible talk groups. WAVE PTX also offers multimedia collaboration for improved situational awareness.

Outcome

Enhanced real-time collaboration, improved situaltional awareness

Team members and stakeholders in different locations, both inside and outside the airport, can now easily communicate and collaborate by joining the same talk groups.

Our technologies helps airports protect all areas, detect anomalies, keep the right people in the right place and connect all their complex operations with clear communications.

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Technology is vitally important to maintaining the high service standards that have always characterised Guayaquil’s airport and to keeping our passengers, staff and air operations safe. With our new video and access control management solution, we have been able to extend security to areas that were not previously covered while adding capabilities that allow our security staff to make more informed and efficient decisions.

Ángel Córdova, General Manager, Guayaquil Airport

WAVE PTX supports instant and interoperable communication across different land mobile radio, LTE and 5G networks and devices including smartphones, radios and computers. Enabling flexible communications across networks and devices boosts safety and productivity across Narita’s operations by connecting the airport with external partners including emergency services, security contractors and suppliers.

Narita International airport

My department needs to monitor all the operational aspects of the airport from one remote point. That wasn’t possible with our previous system, but we now have access to every relevant camera. Even more importantly, utilising Radio Alert, my operatives receive every relevant alert directly onto their radios, which has a direct impact on the smooth operation of the airport.

Vladimir Plemic, Airport Operations Manager, Belgrade Airport

* IATA - Global Outlook for Air Transport June 2024

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