Biggest Rising Trend at GSX 2023: Weapons Screening
The biggest rising trend at GSX 2023 is weapon screening, based on increased exhibitors and floor space.
There was more space taken for weapon screening companies than there was for cloud access control or VSaaS exhibitors, two of the industry's fastest-growing market segments.
For background on types of offerings, see Gun Detection Guide: Sound vs Video vs Weapon Screening
In this report, we examine what many of the weapon screening exhibitors were showing, including:
- Walk Through Metal Detectors / Weapon Screening - AWP Technology, CEIA, Evolv, Garrett, Metrasens, Rapiscan, Rohde and Schwarz, and Xtract One.
- Video-Based Weapon Detection - Avigilon, Bosch, Omnilert, and ZeroEyes
- Sound-Based Weapon Detection - Amberbox, Databuoy, EAGL Technology, Shooter Detection Systems,
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Shooter ********* *******
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