A Novel Solution To An Important Problem
Airplanes are expensive... and valuable...especially when
they're yours. Securing them properly has always been a concern to
owners and operators but in an era when access and security of
aircraft is becoming more and more a "Public" issue, novel
solutions to aircraft security would seem to be apropos.
Such is the case with Airlock Security... a company that has
developed an "Electronic" key that is both self-powered, as well as
"intelligent," in order to offer not only security, but
enhanced/programmable access to an aircraft, a hangar, or
other critical components, at the behest of the owner/operator.
The AirLock system is an "innovative lock system that easily
converts existing mechanical locks into an access control system."
The system is comprised of three individual components: the lock
cylinder, the programmable key and the software used to program the
system.
Airlock Features Allow:
- Enables owners/operators to schedule limited access to any area
of an aircraft
- Provides the ability to create an audit trail to determine when
the plane was accessed or when access was attempted and by
whom
- Allows key to be disabled if lost or stolen
- Software support enables users to remotely program the system
from any location
- Simple installation with no wiring of any kind
- Allows a single key to access multiple aircraft as well as
hanger and gate locks
Each lock cylinder is an electronic version of the mechanical
lock. Installing the cylinder into the lock hardware is reportedly
as simple as removing the mechanical cylinder and replacing it with
the AirLock assembly. The AirLock cylinder uses no wiring of any
kind, and does not contain a battery. The power required to open
the AirLock is actually contained within a battery located within
the key. AirLock cylinders do not contain a keyway and cannot be
picked like a traditional mechanical lock. Additionally, it is not
possible to duplicate a key for use in the lock. Although multiple
keys can be programmed to access a given lock, each key also
creates its own unique record of events -- which can be accessed
and downloaded at the owner/operators
discretion...
Each lock contains:
- A unique ID number that cannot be changed or duplicated
- A list of the most recent 1,100 access events: Key ID, date,
time and type of event
- Encrypted access codes, created by the software and derived
from your passwords
Each key contains:
- A unique ID number that cannot be changed or duplicated
- A list of up to 3,900 access events: lock ID, date and time,
and type of event
- The access permissions for that specific key
- Encrypted access codes, created by your software and derived
for your passwords
Join Us Now As Aero-TV
Unlocks
The Details Of Aircraft Security With 'Airlock
Security'
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OK, folks, here we go... we are NOW initiating the first
feature programming series for Aero-TV... we're going to take it
slow, but we're also going to try and be steady about this. DO
UNDERSTAND that this is the most complex media program we've ever
undertaken and what you're seeing is just the tip of the iceberg...
but from here on out, we will be doing our best to educate,
inform, and entertain YOU about all aspects of the exciting worlds
of aviation and aerospace.
If you've been an observer of the media and associated media
industries over the last few years, it's not hard to mistake the
fact that a massive revolution is taking place. Old sources for
news and information are falling by the wayside, having to change
their modus operandi or risk obsolescence (or extinction).
Electronic media and print media are both under the assault of
progress, and the online world has been a cornerstone for
revolutionary change.
We've been ready to go for a while, but to be honest, there's so
much more to this program than we've alluded to, and so we've been
building and planning a massive new organization within ANN. That
said, we're hiring talented new people as
fast as we can find them (a far more difficult
task than we had imagined -- REALLY good people are hard to find),
and we're brainstorming at speeds that would make a deorbiting
Space Shuttle feel like a slug. Suffice it to say that we wanted to
do this right, rather than right-now, and that the development of
this program has been the most carefully pursued undertaking we've
ever undertaken.
E-I-C Note: The
complete feature shown above is embedded in this
story, with most of the slick and useful functionality
otherwise available on the main Aero-TV site (which will be
upgraded aggressively over the next few weeks). The ability to
embed a video on another web page is but one of the hundreds
of amazing little features that we've worked hard on, for many
months now, to implement in different phases of the initial
release of Aero-TV. It is, BY NO MEANS, the only way to enjoy
unaltered Aero-TV programming on other parts of the web... as we
have extensive plans for future functionality, but this
feature allows those with an interest in a specific Aero-TV News or
Feature program to embed it on a different web site, though we
must note that we reserve the right to forbid such use for those
sites or purposes that we do not feel fit in with the proper
mission of the Aero-News Network, Inc.
Webmasters or Administrators of well-trafficked aviation or
aerospace related sites, are welcome to contact the Publisher to
start conversations on how they may be able to leverage some of the
immense power of Aero-TV programming for their sites and
constituency by clicking the I Want Aero-TV For
MY Website! link.
Coming Soon!
Aero-TV Presents An EXTENSIVE Look At All The
Wonders of the 2008 AEA Convention, Takes A FLIGHT Under GARMIN SVT
Guidance and Comes Away Amazed!, And Takes A GOOD Look At
Honeywell's KFD840 and KNS770!, Checking Out the Cirrus SR20,
Seeing What It Takes to "Compete" As An AMT, Looks At The FAA
FAASTeam Program, Updates On The Garmin 495, Flying The Piper
Matrix, Hears What's Hot At Blue Mountain Avionics, Gets Some
GREAT Rotax Lessons, Gets Updated On ALL Things Lopresti, Has A FUN
Chat With Corkey Fornof, Sees What Happens When AMTs Compete,
Checks Out The Ltest in Life-Raft Technologies, Checks Out
More "HIGH" Tech at I/ITSEC 2007, Hears From AOPA On Critical
Aviation Issues, Spills Some Juicy (and HIGHLY Detailed) Cirrus G3
Info, Scores A BUNCH of LSA Reports, and SO MUCH
MORE!!!!! Do NOT Miss Them!
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