Aviation Security in Airport Development

Aviation Security in Airport Development (ASIAD) is an anti-terrorism program implemented by the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom to incorporate design elements into airports that will impart resistance to bomb blasts. Components such as heat-strengthened laminated glass are used for windows, security barriers, and terminal facades.

Designs employed

 * Bespoke structural bonding of frame to glass.
 * Increasing the strength of components for track and door running systems
 * Maintaining flexibility and ductility of door frame components
 * Restriction of projectile components when high forces of an explosive event occur
 * Increasing robustness of drive motors, running gears, and operating systems
 * Incorporating combinations of multi-laminated glass at varying thicknesses and with anti-shard glass properties
 * Built-in sensors to identify forced opening, etc
 * Blast-resistant anti-jump runner systems
 * Toughened sensor controls
 * Post-blast retained structural barriers to stop physical attacks, unauthorized or forced entrees, or escapes