The global market for emergency response technology will increase from $78.7 billion in 2005 to an estimated $91.5 billion by the end of 2008. It should reach $104.3 billion by 2013, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7%. This report contains:

• Descriptions of various types of emergency response technologies including those for communication and interoperability components, command and control and decision support, detection and monitoring of hazardous conditions and facilities, decontamination and containment, and incident response and remediation.
• Discussion of the emergency response technologies market both from a market and applications perspective
• The current global market status for emergency response technologies, with trends and forecasts for growth over the next 5 years
• Technological issues including the latest trends and a thorough patent analysis
• Profiles of companies producing emergency response products.

The U.S. market for forensic products and services increased from $9.5 billion in 2007 to an estimated $10.3 billion by the end of 2008. It should reach $17.5 billion by 2013, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%. This report contains:

• Descriptions of various forensic products and services including analytical instruments and supplies, drug identification kits, toxicology immunoassay testing products, forensic biology, fingerprinting/biometrics, DNA testing, computer forensics, forensic databases and forensic consulting.
• The current global market status for forensic products and services, with trends and forecasts for growth over the next 5 years
• Technological issues including the latest trends and a thorough patent analysis
• Discussion of the hundreds of crime laboratories in the U.S. performing forensic analyses
• Company profiles.

The global market for mobile location technologies increased from $19.3 billion in 2006 to an estimated 23.2 billion by the end of 2007. It should reach $48.8 billion by 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 16.1%. This report contains:

• Descriptions of various mobile location technologies and current and potential applications for each
• The current market status of mobile location technologies and trends, with forecasts of growth over the next 5 years
• Technological issues, including the latest developments
• An examination of the structure and competitive conditions in the global mobile location technology market
• A discussion of demographic, legal/regulatory and other factors that will drive the future market for mobile location technologies.

The U.S. market for advanced fire protective clothing, armor, biological/chemical protective clothing, and respirators, gloves and other ancillary protective gear is expected to be worth $3.3 billion in 2007. This is expected to increase to over $4.5 billion in the next five years, a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%. This report contains:

• Descriptions of various types of protective gear and armor, their material types and the designers of the products
• The current market status for advanced protective gear and armor in the U.S., and forecasts of growth over the next five years
• An examination of personal protective industry regulations and standards
• Technological issues crucial to the industry.

The global market for NBC and explosive device detection increases from $1.7 billion in 2006 to an estimated $2.0 billion by the end of 2007. It should reach $3.5 billion by 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 11.3%. This report contains:

• Descriptions of current technology for the detection of chemical, biological, nuclear and explosive devices
• The current market status for weapons detection and electronic monitoring devices and forecasts for growth through 2012
• A discussion of the increased use of weapons detection by major cities and local law enforcement, as well as by foreign governments
• An examination of the increased use of weapons detection by private businesses
• Information about major companies in the field, their products and commercial industry.

The global market for electronic, electro-optical, and other modern technologies used in airports to have been around $8.9 billion in 2006. BCC expects the market to reach $9.1 billion in 2007 and $13.1 billion in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5% over the next 5 years. This report contains:

• Trends in the global airport industry that affect the demand for airport technologies
• Advanced airport technologies that are in use or under development
• Global market size, major segments, and growth trends
• Detailed analyses of patents
• Profiles of the major airport technology vendors.

The global market for machine vision systems by application was worth $8.1 billion in 2006 and will reach upwards of almost $9 billion by 2007. At a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9%, this market will grow to more than $15 billion by 2012. This report contains:

• An overview of the machine vision market, including definitions, history and concepts of the industry, technology life cycle, government regulations, and more
• A review of the machine vision market by important technologies, including an overview of machine vision systems, types of technologies, components, and more
• The global market for machine vision by applications, with historical and current data through 2006 with projections and growth rates through 2012
• Detailed analyses of patents
• Profiles of the major machine vision companies.

The global forecast RFID hardware, middleware, and IT market was worth $640 million in 2005. In 2006, this number will grow to more than $713 million, and is projected to reach more than $1.0 billion by 2011 at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 8.0% This report:

• Examines the different types of RFID technologies and their applications in fifteen different industries
• Analyzes each technology, determines its current market status, examines its impact on future markets, and presents global forecasts of growth through 2011
• Addresses regulatory, consumer, and other emerging issues including the latest market trends such as privacy, security issues and RFID deactivation
• Reviews the current regulatory agencies, standardization and the issues involved with the lack of a single global RFID standard and activities in major regions of the world
• Provides profiles of important companies as well as a detailed patent analysis.

The global Internet security market is estimated to be about $27.7 billion in 2005 and is expected to rise at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 16.0%, reaching $58 billion by 2010. The report contains:

• Detailed descriptions of the major types of Internet security solutions
• Analysis of each product/service and its impact on future markets across the world
• Estimates the current market size and forecasts growth through 2010
• Coverage of the major vertical markets along with the various applications and sub-products in each product category
• Discussions of all major technological issues, including the latest trends in the industry
• Details of the regulatory environment and a competitive analysis.

The global market for mobile location technologies is projected to rise from $23 billion in 2005 to surpass $39 billion by 2010, at an average annual growth rate of 11.3%. The report:

• Identifies new mobile location technologies and applications, including those expected to be commercialized in the 2005 to 2010 timeframe
• Identifies and evaluates the impact of economic, business, demographic, technological, legal/regulatory and other factors that will drive the future market for each of these new technologies
• Forecasts future (2003 to 2008) sales of each technology, including new products and/or applications
• Analyzes the structure and competitive conditions in the global mobile location technology market.

The global auto-ID market is estimated at $13.88 billion in 2005, and is expected to rise at an average annual growth rate of 15.8% through 2010 to reach approximately $28.87 billion. The report contains:

• An overview and detailed descriptions of the most popular ID technology products available on the market, such as smart cards, RFID, biometrics, barcodes and optical cards
• Analysis of the industry's key drivers, inhibitors and potential growth areas
• Forecasts for worldwide auto-ID shipments by products, vertical markets and geography through 2010 in light of maturing markets and industry-wide efforts to have more open standards
• Analysis of current and upcoming applications in various industry verticals that are driving growth
• Discussion of all major technological issues, including the latest industry trends
• Analysis of the regulatory environment and value chain.

The overall U.S. value of forensic products reached nearly $1.48 billion in 2004 and is projected to rise at an average annual growth rate of 14.3% to more than $3.29 billion in 2010. The report contains:

• Coverage of the present status of, and future prospects for the crime laboratory segment of the U.S. forensic science market
• Identification of current and upcoming technologies
• Analysis of products, market segments/end markets with forecasts through 2010
• Coverage of the social, political, regulatory and economic issues impacting the industry
• A detailed patent analysis
• Profiles and analyses of the competitive position of the main players in the market.

The U.S. market for food monitoring with sensor technology to guard against biowarfare agents and spoilage will increase from $6.7 million in 2003 to $7.9 million in 2006, at an average annual growth rate of 5.7%. This business review covers:

• The economic consequences and government response to possible attacks on the nation's food, water and air
• Sensor technology that could be used to detect dangerous microorganisms
• Technologies and products that could be used to secure the nation's borders, facilities and buildings
• What is needed to secure the Internet, intranets and wide area networking systems from intrusion
• What is needed to respond to biological, chemical and nuclear attacks.

The total worldwide market for NBC and explosives detection expected to rise at an average annual growth rate of 21.4% to reach nearly $3.2 billion in 2008. The report provides coverage of:

• Each current NBC detector technology type and applications
• The role that detection technologies play in industrial and battlefield monitoring
• The increased use of NBC weapons detection devices by law enforcement and emergency response entities
• The expanded use of explosive detectors in aviation security
• The impact on the instrumentation industry
• Current shipments of detectors in three major market sectors
• Unit shipment forecasts through 2008.

This report provides coverage of:

• The different areas of bioterrorism and an explanation of each
• Risk factors and the incidence and mortality
• R&D in potential treatments in response to biological, chemical and nuclear weapons
• Current and potential market size and market strategies in the U.S.
• Forecasts for 2001, 2005 and 2015
• The industry, its relationship to the healthcare industry, its participants and its future trends.

The market for electronic security systems for 2001 was estimated at about $11.1 billion and is expected to climb at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 11.1% to $18.75 billion in 2006. This report provides coverage of:

• The importance and historical perspectives of electronic security systems
• The industry by product type and operations and applications of some of the described security systems
• Counterterrorism
• The characteristics of the industry, as well as similarities/differences between certain products
• Security risks as they specifically apply to businesses
• Government regulations
• International aspects, focusing on the security industry outside the U.S.
• Vendors, annual sales, details of their products, commercial activities and competitive strategies.

Revenues in the e-security industry reached $4.8 billion in 2001 and are expected to rise at an AAGR (average annual growth rate) of 24.8% to $14.7 billion in 2006. This report provides coverage of:

• E-security software applications and technologies, hardware and services
• The current state of the industry
• Major providers
• Market share by software applications and technologies
• Spending growth by users through 2006 for software, hardware and services.

The automatic identification has generally enjoyed continuous growth as the need for fast and accurate data collection drove the adoption of these systems by lucrative major end-user markets like government, manufacturing and retail. While it remains healthy with promising growth prospects, this is a maturing industry. This BCC report examines each of the five leading automatic identification product markets - bar code, card technologies, radio frequency identification, biometrics and emerging technologies - in relation to these and other key trends. An assessment of product market potential is quantified and projected through 2004, along with market values by application and geographic region. Other features include: discussion of industry structure isolating factors strategic to future market growth and emerging market opportunities; explanation of technologies and key developments; and competitive analyses identifying major players and market shares. This comprehensive report offers a marketing intelligence tool to take advantage of market opportunities, plan product and research development in the highest potential areas, advance market position and maximize success in the market.

Since the 19^th century, the functional design of small arms has remained relatively stable with incremental improvements in metallurgy, ammunition and manufacturing technologies. Major research and development initiatives are now under way which will revolutionize conventional military small arms early in the next century in terms of capability, safety and additional functions. This comprehensive BCC industry analysis provides an overview of these changes, their predicted impact on the market and the industry, and provides historical data as well as 5-year forecasts (through 2004) for market sizes and changes.

The military have long used surveillance devices in the form of optical, thermal, magnetic, acoustic, seismic, radio and radar technology to obtain information and to provide security. This trend is continuing and is spawning an abundant array of commercial applications for these products in industrial, commercial and personal use environments. This comprehensive BCC industry analysis looks at the commercial, industrial and personal use markets for these products, their predicted impact on the market and industry, and provides historical data as well as 5-year forecasts (through 2004) for market sizes and changes.

Major political and technological rends are affecting the small arms industry. The potential for litigation against manufacturers of small arms has led to aggressive research and development programs which will both replace small arms in certain applications with nonlethal technologies, and will also make future small arms an order of magnitude safer than they are today. Driven by powerful market forces, gun manufacturers are responding with technological innovation to protect their market share and their viability as businesses. Growth in this market will accrue to the winners of the technological race. This comprehensive BCC industry analysis provides an overview of the major trends within the small arms industry, and market analyses for each end-use segment. Historical data as well as 5-year forecasts (through 2004) are provided for market size and changes.