HSRC reveals more than twenty new business opportunities created by, on the one hand, the world’s increasing recognition of the threat presented by CBRN terrorism, and, on the other hand, a growing environmental consciousness that is impacting regulatory policy and public attitudes.

Government funded security upgrades, as well as the need to create jobs, are only two of the many drivers that lead Homeland Security Research Corporation to forecast, in three new reports, an unexpected surge in the explosives screening technologies market.

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 in 2009 to $12.8 billion in 2014.

Port security, counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, regulatory compliance, container and people screening technologies, as well as liquefied natural gas port and tanker security are but a few of the reasons the maritime security market is forecast to grow over the next five years at a CAGR of 7%

The predicted death of the X-ray explosives screening market appears to have been pre-mature. In its latest report, U.S. X-Ray Explosives Detection Technologies & Markets 2010-2014, Homeland Security Research Corporation forecasts that the market for modern X-Ray systems, upgrades and post warranty service …

Over the next five years, the US Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) market is forecast to double. Homeland Security Research Corp’s. latest report, “US Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) Technologies & Markets 2010-2014″, forecasts that the aggregated (systems, service and upgrades) US ETD market will…

Over the next five years, the US Explosive Trace Detection market can be expected to undergo significant growth. HSRC’s latest report, “US Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) Technologies & Markets 2010-2014”, forecasts that US ETD markets will expand at a CAGR of 15%, from $182 million today to $421 million in 2014.

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.