Future Fibre Technologies - Fibre-Optic Perimeter Security and Intrusion Detection Systems

Future Fibre Technologies (FFT). designs and manufactures fibre-optic perimeter intrusion detection systems for hundreds of installations around the world, including many airports and aviation equipment facilities.

FFT is the world leader in advanced fibre-optic-based intrusion detection and location. Its business is totally focused on the security industry, and the company holds many international patents for its unique technologies.

Free perimeter security industry report

As a market leader in the perimeter security industry, FFT has made a detailed report on the global trends in perimeter security available to Airport Technology subscribers. Titled 'Boundaries of Security', this report - normally valued at $300 - is available from the FFT website for customers and security consultants to download for free, but only for a limited time.

Airport perimeter protection

FFT’s Secure Fence™ has been specifically developed for airport perimeter applications: primarily, detecting, locating and identifying a climb, cut or spread of the fence. Secure Fence is equipped with FFT's unique ARaD technology, which delivers unparalleled sensitivity and intrusion detection performance with negligible nuisance alarms – even under the most extreme and hostile conditions imaginable.

Secure Fence will pinpoint the location of a perimeter intrusion to better than 25m, even while aircraft are taking off and landing.

The low total cost of ownership is immediately evident as only one Secure Fence system is required to protect even the largest airport perimeter - up to 80km or 50 miles. The system is simple to install and maintain and can be expanded easily and economically to suit expanded runways or varying configurations.

There are no electronics or power requirements in the field, and the system is virtually maintenance free, operating easily and reliably under a wide range of operational and environmental conditions. It is completely unaffected by RFI, EMI, lightning or storms.

In addition, Secure Fence incorporates the multilingual FFT CAMS™, operator interface. This delivers an even more intuitive and easy to understand alarm interface to security staff in their local language, including English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.

Fibre-optic sensor cable

Simple to install and operate, FFT’s low-cost fibre optic sensor cable is easily installed on a wide variety of fence types, including chain mesh, weld mesh and anti-climb fences, to deliver superior intrusion detection without the penalty of nuisance alarms.

CCTV cameras

CCTV cameras can be installed and programmed to run on the same fibre-optic sensor cable and the system can be fully integrated into existing security management systems, further reducing costs.

Alec Owen, FFT's international client manager, says the FFT Secure Fence and fibre-optic sensor cable deliver significant up-front costs savings as only one system is required for perimeters for up to 80km long.

"Secure Fence delivers the best solution for the lowest per-metre investment," Owen says. "We can deliver the lowest ongoing total cost of ownership (TCO) as our technology requires no electronics in the field, no power in the field and it is easy and economical to install or expand. In addition, there is no field maintenance."

Advantages of FFT's perimeter monitoring fencing

Reasons you can depend on FFT:

• Experience – more than 1,000,000m of intrusion detection at hundreds of major site installations around the world
• Stability – we are the most experienced fibre-optic security sensing company, operating since 1994
• Value proposition – Secure Fence delivers outstanding price and performance benefits
• Technology – FFT's R&D and product development programmes ensure you always have the very latest and most powerful technology, and systems are easily updated with the latest algorithms
• Quality – certified to ISO 9001:2008
• No risk – all FFT systems have a two-year hardware and software warranty
• Support – FFT has global support capability through its international offices
• Availability – FFT has partners located around the world

FFT’s experience has been recognized by some of the most security-conscious industrial, military and government organizations in the world, including:

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• General Dynamics
• US Army
• US Air Force
• US Navy
• Lockheed Martin
• British Petroleum (BP)
• Shell
• US Department of Homeland Security
• The Home Office (UK)
• Singapore Ministry of Defence
• Australian Department of Defence
• Domestic, international and military airports around the world

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