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

城市的软目标，如体育场和大型竞技场，由于恐怖分子利用大量人群的固有弱点，变得容易受到大规模伤亡暴力的伤害。最近在贝勒姆（挪威）、哈勒（德国）、曼彻斯特竞技场（联合王国）、法兰西体育场、基督城清真寺（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（例如长武器、简易爆炸装置）的袭击的生动例子。因此，大规模伤亡威胁是一个严重的全球性问题，使城市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器还是毫米波成像器），对于高通量筛查是无效的，因为它们速度慢（<750人/小时），劳动密集型和高度明显。他们要求个人剥离他们的财产，迫使他们通过一个门户网站，这变得不切实际，昂贵和缓慢，（本身就创造了可行的目标）导致长时间的延迟和客户的沮丧。大型安全组织和潜在客户已经确认需要一个准确、高吞吐量、早期预警和具有成本效益的大规模伤亡威胁检测解决方案。Metrasens利用我们的铁磁技术，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检测器。CAST使用低成本磁传感器的多传感器阵列和实时高级算法来提取检测到的物体的详细特征，从而提供物体识别。这导致了高通量筛选（\> 3，600人/小时），而无需撤资或中断公共流量。最近完成的IUK项目将CAST技术带到了这个令人兴奋的TRL 6位置。我们现在寻求IUK Continuity Strand 2贷款，以使基于CAST技术的第一款产品Skout（tm）1.0完全进入市场，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，该项目将大大促进英国的出口，提高公民的安全和保护公共基础设施。

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.