The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently published its five-year strategic vision for modernizing, streamlining, and further securing air cargo transportation operations.
The Air Cargo Security Roadmap is aimed at TSA and air cargo industry stakeholders to help them identify and address emerging threats and ensure the efficient flow of commerce. It is the result of collaboration within the air cargo industry with stakeholders. It aligns with the TSA Strategy (2018-2026) and the Administrator’s Intent 2.0.
The document’s themes and objectives aim to achieve four goals: to advance the capabilities for enhanced, risk-based screening; to expand knowledge and information sharing between TSA and industry; to improve the air cargo industry’s technology posture to support security enhancing innovation within the supply chain; and to modernize air cargo policy to adapt with new technologies, flex with changing dynamics in the supply chain and address new threats.
“I am proud of the work and collaboration that led to this roadmap for improving the security of our nation’s air cargo system,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said. “When we collectively work toward common goals with unified purpose, we tend to achieve greater results.”
The TSA will use policies to reflect best practices in security and leverage innovative air cargo screening technologies to achieve its goals and objectives.