Skout™1.0 A new system for High Footfall Security Screening for Weapons of Mass Casualty

由于恐怖分子利用大量人群的固有脆弱性，体育场和大型竞技场等城市软目标很容易受到大规模伤亡暴力的影响。最近在贝鲁姆(挪威)、哈勒(德国)、曼彻斯特竞技场(英国)、法兰西体育场、克赖斯特彻奇清真寺(新西兰)和拉斯维加斯(美国)发生的恐怖袭击是使用大规模伤亡威胁(如长武器、简易爆炸装置)的生动例子。因此，大规模伤亡威胁是一个严重的全球问题，使城市的软目标特别容易受到攻击。传统的筛查解决方案，如基于门户的探测器(无论是传统的金属探测还是毫米波成像仪)，对于高通量筛查无效，因为它们速度慢(&lt；750人/小时)、劳动密集型和高度公开。他们要求个人剥离他们的财产，迫使他们通过一个变得不切实际、昂贵和缓慢的门户(创建可行的目标本身)，导致长时间的延误和客户的失望。大型安全组织和潜在客户已经确认了对准确、高通量、早期预警和经济高效的大规模伤亡威胁检测解决方案的需求。利用我们的铁磁技术，Metrasens在创新英国智能奖(项目编号：24530和72412)的支持下开发了CAST技术，这是一种真正革命性的大规模伤亡威胁探测器。CAST使用低成本磁性传感器的多传感器阵列和实时先进算法来提取被检测对象的详细特征，从而提供对象识别。这带来了高吞吐量筛选(3,600人/小时)，而不会撤资或中断公共流量。最近完成的IUK项目将CAST Technology带入了这一令人兴奋的TRL6职位。我们现在寻求这笔IUK连续性Strand 2贷款，以使第一个基于CAST技术的产品Skout(Tm)1.0进入完全市场准备状态，并支持与潜在客户的初步试验和大规模演示。Skout(Tm)1.0的成功商业化是Metrasens整体战略的核心重点，代表着一种能够打开新的全球市场机会的技术。由于全球有大量的城市软目标，该项目将显著促进英国出口，增加公民安全，并保护公共基础设施。

Urban soft targets' such as stadia and large arenas have become vulnerable to mass casualty violence as terrorists exploit the inherent vulnerabilities of large crowds. The recent horrific attacks at Bærum (Norway), Halle (Germany), Manchester Arena (UK), Stade de France, Christchurch mosque (New Zealand) and Las Vegas (USA) are graphic examples of attacks where mass casualty threats (e.g. long weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were used. As such, mass casualty threats represent a serious global problem, making urban soft targets particularly vulnerable.Traditional screening solutions such as portal-based detectors (whether conventional metal detection or millimetre wave imagers) are ineffective for high throughput screening as they are slow (<750 people/hour), labour-intensive and highly overt. They require individuals to divest their possessions, forcing them through a portal which becomes impractical, costly and slow, (creating viable targets in itself) leading to long delays and customer frustration. Large security organisations and potential customers have confirmed the need for an accurate, high-throughput, early-warning & cost-effective mass casualty threat detection solution.Using our ferromagnetic technology, Metrasens has developed, with the support of an Innovate UK Smart Award (Project No: 24530 & 72412), the CAST technology, a truly revolutionary mass casualty threat detector. CAST uses a multi-sensor array of low-cost magnetic sensors and real-time advanced algorithms to extract detailed characteristics of the detected objects, which delivers object discrimination. This leads to high throughput screening (\>3,600 people/hour) without divestment or interrupting public flow.The recently completed IUK Projects have brought CAST Technology to this exciting TRL6 position. We now seek this IUK Continuity Strand 2 loan to bring the first product based on the CAST Technology, Skout(tm)1.0, to full market readiness and support initial trials and large-scale demonstrations with potential customers.The successful commercialisation of Skout(tm)1.0 is a core focus within Metrasens' overall strategy and represents an enabling technology to open a new global market opportunity. With a vast number of urban soft targets worldwide, this project will significantly boost UK exports, increase safety of citizens and protect public infrastructure.