TSA Administrator Cummins Unveils Horizon 25 Strategy Ahead of Agency's 25th Anniversary

TSA Administrator David P. Cummins unveiled the Horizon 25 Strategy ahead of the agency's 25th anniversary, targeting checkpoint modernization, traveler experience and multi-modal security.

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A revamped Screening Partnership Program replacing TSA Gold+ signals expanded private-sector involvement in aviation security screening, potentially reshaping checkpoint operations and vendor roles nationwide.

The Transportation Security Administration announced the Horizon 25 Strategy as it approaches its 25th anniversary, with Administrator David P. Cummins outlining a vision for the agency's next quarter century built around three goals: modernizing TSA checkpoints, elevating the traveler experience, and hardening multi-modal transportation security. Cummins said President Trump and Secretary Mullin entrusted him with modernizing TSA, and that the strategy will build an agency that is agile, resilient and ready for tomorrow's challenges.

Key initiatives include enhancing TSA PreCheck, improving the passenger experience, streamlining technology acquisition, and expanding capabilities to counter unmanned aircraft system threats. Cummins plans to convene innovators from across the agency, including field and headquarters personnel, in September to advance these initiatives. The strategy will also accelerate public-private partnerships, with an evolved Screening Partnership Program set to replace TSA Gold+ to better harness the private sector's role in aviation security.

Cummins said TSA does not have to choose between a secure checkpoint, an efficient checkpoint, and an elevated passenger experience, and that Horizon 25 will deliver all three at once. Over the past year, TSA has kept transportation systems secure through unprecedented travel events, partial government shutdowns, and record-breaking passenger volumes. Cummins previously served as a transportation executive in the private sector, working with federal agencies on strategy for global transportation systems.