US Marine Sgt Ed Hatch, winner of the 2009 photo competition, was presented with his first prize of a Harley Davidson® FatBoy® motorcycle last week in Jacksonville, NC, USA. Sgt Hatch has recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan, where he took his winning photograph while on a patrol in the Morghab valley.

Upon being presented with his bike, Sgt Hatch said “The Harley is great!  I simply wouldn't be able to afford to go out and buy a bike this nice, but with the competition your company is putting on, at least a few people get their shot at having one.  I really didn't think the photo I had would win the competition, but it's amazing what one little snapshot can do.  I can't thank your company enough for my bike!”

London, 13 Jan 2010 – Transport security is once again firmly in the spotlight following the Christmas Day attempt to down Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight 253 during its descent into Detroit Metro airport. The incident exposed serious flaws in aviation security which, combined, allowed a known individual with apparent links to al-Qaeda to board an airliner with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which only by good fortune failed to detonate properly.