Aerospace Defence and Security

This issue of Homeland Security Alert focusses on innovations in first responder technologies and provides insights on trends and major growth drivers. Innovations profiled include a quadcopter for assisting personnel, a real-time mobile video collaboration system, a low-cost thermal imaging camera for firefighters, a tethered drone station, a live...

Augmented reality continues to make inroads in both civilian and military aviation applications, as well as on the ground in helmet mounted displays worn by dismounted soldiers. This edition of Aerospace and Defense Alert profiles recent innovations in augmented reality. Aerospace and Defense Alert delves into the technologies and applications th...

This issue of Homeland Security Alert focusses on road transportation security and management technologies and provides strategic insights on IP activity, key initiatives, growth factors, and target applications. Innovations profiled in this issue fall under driver safety and monitoring, traffic management and enforcement, fleet monitoring, and in-...

This issue of the Aerospace and Defense Technology TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) focuses on innovations in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These cutting edge developments include unmanned supply aircraft to supply troops under fire, UAVs capable of vertical take-off, and a UAV designed to capture hostile aerial drones. Aerospace and Defense...

CBRNE includes chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear and explosive threats. This issue of Homeland Security TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) focusses on counter CBRNE technologies and provides notable industry initiatives, convergence opportunities and key patents. Innovations profiled include a long range detection technology of trace gases ...

This technology opportunity engine (TOE) service, Inside Research and Development, depicts the current landscape and the new trends in a series of developments associated with innovations in autonomous vehicles, energy generation, energy storage, microfluidic diagnostics, and cosmetic testing. Regarding mobility, emphasis has been made on technolog...

This month's issue of Aerospace & Defense Technology focuses on smart airports. It will cover technologies that automate baggage checking, runway monitoring, and passenger access, among other operations, to enhance efficiency, economy, and security. Keywords: Smart airports, eGates, departure control, surface detection, integrated checkpoints, sor...

This issue profiles innovations impacting airport security. Cooling of terahertz sensors used in security screening, security solution using thermal imaging, vision-based biometric facial identification, mobile identity checking device by Morpho, solution to protect public Wi-Fi networks, ground sensors for perimeter intrusion detection, Smiths Det...

Research is being carried out worldwide on personal protective equipment, smart fabrics, flexible electronics, emergency communication solutions, fire safety equipment, smart helmets, hands-free displays, eye protectors, ear protectors, gas masks, safety harnesses, protective gloves, multi-gas detectors, and flame retardant materials. Just as infra...