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Mass casualties, economic disruption, and widespread emotional fallout—these and other potentially catastrophic outcomes of a chemical or biological attack at airports make such facilities attractive to terrorists. Knitting together decades of expertise, a Sandia team demonstrated a system of early warning sensors that could alert authorities of a bio-aerosol attack under a program called Protective and Responsive Options for Airport Counter-Terrorism, (PROACT).
In keeping with Sandia’s long tradition of providing end-to-end solutions, PROACT is examining all elements of the challenge: vulnerability assessment, passive protection, biological and chemical detection architectures, response planning, and simulation exercises.
We’ve also partnered with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to publish guidelines to help airports understand the threat, recognize their vulnerabilities, harden their facilities to prevent and mitigate attacks, and respond to attack consequences. The report is being distributed to airport security officials by the Transportation Security Administration.