An essential component of the US-led coalition strategy in Afghanistan is to convince the majority (some estimates suggest 90%) of low and mid-level insurgents– referred to as the “upset brothers” -- who are fighting for reasons of coercion, money and/or discontent with the government, and...
Current IED mitigation technologies and procedures are, at best, only 45% effective, which means for every two IEDs deployed, one completes its mission....
Despite being hit hard by the worst crisis - a dramatic 25% decline in the total market - the maritime industry has experienced in more than seventy years, HSRC forecasts a strong recovery for the global maritime security market by 7.2% CAGR from $9.0 billion...
Despite the global economic crisis, the HLS-HLD (Homeland Security, Homeland Defense and Counter Terror Intelligence) markets are on course to double in volume over the 2009-2018 period....
Military and policy planners worldwide are torn between two seemingly contradictory urges: reducing military expenditure to help curb spending, and increasing military spending to help curb growing global instability and shifting balance of power....
Containers and other modes of shipment (e.g., bulk goods, oil, LNG) and ships are increasingly targeted by terror and pirate organizations. Exploiting weaknesses in port counter-terror security is central to these terror attacks. The costs associated with the efforts to mitigate against such threats reduce...
The first seven years since 9/11 have been characterized by focusing HLS-HLD (Homeland Security and Homeland Defense) resources on urgent short-term needs, in an attempt to “harden” the free world’s most critical terror targets against future terror attacks. The next decade, we forecast, will see...
There are currently about 90 known ways to detonate an IED, and growing. As counter IED technologies evolve, so do IED detonation techniques, creating a new kind of arms race. Both sides are fast learners and invest substantial resources in outwitting the opponent....
Small companies with innovative counter-IED technologies can become prime acquisition targets in a fast growing and technology focused counter-IED market. Promising technologies in standoff threat detection areas, as well as innovations in the broader sectors of "Fighting the Network" are forecast to be of most...
