Ground Sensors and Surveillance Technologies for Defense and Security: A Technology Overview

SUMMARY

This report focuses in a short, concise manner on general technology trends within the unattended ground sensors sector. It identifies major areas of development, and looks at drivers and challenges within this sector.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 GROUND SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Scope and Methodology
  • Scope
  • Methodology
• Key Findings
  • Introduction
  • Key Findings

2 GROUND SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY VIEWPOINT

• Technology Primer
  • Unattended Ground Sensors--An Overview
  • Unattended Ground Sensors--Development Initiatives
• Technology Development Trends
  • Technology and Applications Viewpoint
  • Technology Trends

3 GROUND SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS

• Drivers and Challenges
  • Drivers
  • Challenges
• Stakeholder Analysis
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Role in Technology Development

4 GROUND SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY, INNOVATION CASE STUDIES

• Commercial
  • Command and Control for Embedded Systems--Toyon Research Corporation
  • Moving Target Identification Omni-Directional Radar (MTIOR)--Technology Service Corporation
  • Omnisense Technology for Remote Area Activity Surveillance--McQ Inc.
  • Ultrawideband Technology for Unattended Ground Sensors--Time Domain Corporation
  • Innovative Solutions for Wireless Digital Communications--Signatron Technology Corporation
  • Moored Data Acquisition Buoy--SeaLandAire Technologies Inc.
  • Multi Waveform Wireless Sensor Networks--Innovative Wireless Technologies Inc.
  • Versatile Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks--Information Systems Technologies Inc.
• Research Labs
  • Adaptive Reactor Sensor and Effector Network and Insertion Capability--NRL
  • A Middleware for Fast and Flexible Sensor Network Deployment--EPFL

5 GROUND SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY, DATABASE OF KEY PARTICIPANTS AND SELECTED PATENTS

• Database of Key Contacts
  • Contacts 1
  • Contacts 2
• Selected Patents
  • Patents I
  • Patents II

6 GROUND SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY, DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

• Decision Support Database Tables
  • Military Expenditure--World (1999 to 2006)
  • Military Expenditure--Research and Development--World (1999 to 2006)
  • Military Expenditure--Equipments--World (1999 to 2006)