The failed Christmas day bombing of Northwest flight 253 has revealed significant lapses in the security measures employed at airports across the globe and has triggered a rush to enforce existing, as well as institute new, more stringent, guidelines....
Afghan “train and equip” program (2010 – 2014) will cost the US approximately $65 billion over the next five years (2010-2014) and present US businesses with over $37 billion of opportunities....
More than six months in the making, and adjusted to account for the Administration’s new strategy, this landmark report offers unparalleled insight into afghan National security market that is expected to increase from $5.6 billion in 2009 to $15.3 billion by 2014. With the US...
Current IED mitigation technologies and procedures are, at best, only 45% effective, which means for every two IEDs deployed, one completes its mission....
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....
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...
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....
Countering the growing IED threat all over the world is rapidly changing the outlay picture of this emerging market, which is now predominantly American. In fact, the international (other than U.S.) counter-IED outlay is forecast to grow faster than the U.S. over the 2008-2012 period,...
