Narcotics Scanner Market Size, Share, Growth Analysis, By Product(Handheld/ Portable scanner, Fixed scanner, Walkthrough scanner), By Technology(Contrab, detection equipment, infrared spectroscopy, ion mobility spectrum technology), By End users(Airport, Seaport, Railway terminal, Law enforcement), By Region - Industry Forecast 2025-2032

February 2021, the Korea Institute of Materials Science researchers developed very quick and reliable wearable sensors using nanomaterial technology to provide on-site drug detection. This optical sensor detects narcotics in sweat and amplifies the optical signal of illegal drugs onto flexible and wearable material.

January 2021, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a US-based technology company acquired FLIR Systems Inc. for an amount of $8.2 billion. Through this acquisition, Teledyne aimed to grow its portfolio and deliver a full spectrum of imaging products and technologies. FLIR Systems Inc. is a US-based company that designs and manufacture drugs and narcotics scanner systems.

An international customer awarded OSI Systems Inc. a multi-year contract worth USD 16 million in April 2021. OSI Systems Inc. has committed to provide MRO services for multiple platforms of luggage, vehicle, and cargo inspection systems that are already implemented at certain checkpoints, according to this deal.

Smiths Detection Group Ltd. announced in April 2021 that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (ODIQ) contract to provide the HCVP 260 drive-through X-ray inspection system. This contract has been awarded to the United States Departments of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security. The HCVPZ60 system will be repaired at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Laredo, Texas, by September 2022.