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In light of the Transportation Security Administration's indefinitely extended and often-disparaged Registered Traveler pilot, Orlando International Airport next month will begin issuing $80 "smart cards" to frequent travelers who pass background checks and volunteer biometric information like fingerprints and iris scans.
The Orlando project, which becomes operational in July, is the first to be funded, operated and marketed by an airport and its private-sector partners, in this case a team of companies headed by Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. defense contractor. It also will be open to applicants flying on any commercial carrier.
Volunteers accepted into the program receive a smart card embedded with biometric information, such as a fingerprint and iris scan. Using the card, with the brand name "Clear," at a special kiosk at the security area, entitles them to expedited screening.
Brigitte Rivera Goersch, director of security for the Greater Orlando Airport Authority, said the airport would begin enrolling participants at the end of June. The experiment will last six...
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