Bolstering Perimeter Security at Washington Dulles International Airport
Forward Thinking Strategy for Crucial Security Upgrades
Washington Dulles International (IAD) is located in Chantilly, Virginia, on 12,000 acres of land 26 miles from downtown Washington, DC. The main terminal opened in 1962. Dulles is a major hub for domestic and international air travel with a mixture of legacy and low fare carriers which provide air service throughout the world.
In 2010, United Airlines maintained its East Coast hub at Dulles and handled 56.7 of scheduled air carrier passengers at the airport. Dulles has 143 gates and 14 hard stand locations from which passengers can board or disembark using the airport’s trademark PlaneMate airfield vehicles. On a typical day, Dulles sees 1,000 to 1,200 flight operations. Dulles International served 23.7 million passengers in 2010, a 2.3 percent increase over 2009.
G4S Technology (formerly Adesta) completed the installation of a complete intrusion detection system along the existing western perimeter of the Washington Dulles International Airport. The project began in mid-October 2009 and was completed in March 2010.
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