Attack helicopters or gunships are designed to carry heavy armaments such as antitank guided missiles (ATGMs) like Hellfire, auto canons, unguided rockets, heavy machine guns, and air-to-air missiles. The air-to-air missiles carried by them are mostly deployed for self-defense purposes. In addition, attack helicopters attack enemy tanks, flanks, and rear, which provides strategic support and assistance to the ground forces to maneuver and engage with hostile forces. In recent years, the threats imposed on civilian life have increased rapidly, particularly due to the rise in terrorism and crossborder insurgent activities. Therefore, development and procurement of attack helicopters have been increased in recent years to have a highly efficient and effective aerial attack force.

Artificial organs are human-made bioartificial devices, which are implanted or integrated into individuals to replace or support natural organs. These include artificial heart, kidney, pancreas, and cochlear implants. Biocompatible materials such as polymers (polyurethane, polysulfone, and porous polypropylene), biologics, ceramics, and metals are used to develop artificial organs. These organs are incorporated with different technologies like sensors, biomaterials, and innovative delivery systems. Artificial organs perform the function of the natural organ and help the patient to live a quality life. In few cases, artificial organs are capable of eliminating the need for organ transplantation altogether.

Aroma chemicals, also called odorants or fragrances, are natural or synthetic compounds that are characterized by their pleasant smell. These compounds are usually obtained from essential oils and the aromatic compounds. They have a molecular weight less than 300 Da and are extremely volatile and tend to vaporize. Aroma chemicals are used in the products to provide a specific fragrance or to mask the smell of the other product ingredients. They are added to different products such as food and beverages, cosmetics and toiletries, perfumes, fragrance oils, soaps and detergents, and other household products to give them a distinctive odor or smell. These are also used in odorless gases such as natural gas, hydrogen, and propane so to ease their detection in cases of leakage.

Financial services, insurance, and banks are among the most data-driven industries. Commercial banks and insurance companies operate within regulatory environments that require firms to store and analyze several years of transactional data. For making the most from the business financial services, companies rely on relational technologies coupled with business intelligence tool to handle the ever-increasing data and analytics burden. In today’s world of information, financial service industry is witnessing a disruptive change in the way do businesses worldwide. Regulatory reforms drive this change. Ailing business and customer settlements, continuous economic crisis in other industry verticals, high cost of new technology and business models, and high degree of industry consolidation and automation are some of the other growth drivers. Companies are rapidly changing business models.

Amusement parks attract and entertain individuals through a variety of adventure games such as water and dry rides. Amusement parks charge customers a pre-defined fee for delivering these services. They contribute immensely to the world GDP and employment. Amusement parks generate revenue through many streams such as tickets, hospitality, merchandizing, licensing, and events.

The ASCs conduct surgeries in outpatient settings to help patients save on cost and duration of the treatment. This is a quickly growing healthcare provider setting, which has advanced operating equipment, specialist surgeons, operating and recovery rooms. Also, compared to hospitals, these facilities have a lesser risk of hospital acquired infections (HAIs). In hospitals, around 29% of the surgical site infection cases were observed in 2014, which increased the hospital stay and cost the patient $25,000 per admission. ASCs maintain procedures to ensure prevention of infection as recommended by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The aluminum industry value chain consists of both upstream and downstream companies. Upstream companies’ operations include mining (extraction of bauxite) and refining (deriving alumina from bauxite). The commonly used process for extracting bauxite is Bayer process. The alumina obtained from bauxite is used as a raw material for making aluminum. Downstream operations include casting, smelting, and fabricating the refined alumina. The refined alumina is treated using an electrolytic process to obtain liquid aluminum, which is then processed into products of different shapes and sizes such as wire rods. Wire rods are used as feedstock for aluminum conductors and cables that find applications in T&D.

Airport passenger screening systems are being used at the airport security checkpoints since decades. Earlier, most of the airport passenger screening process relied on hand-held metal detectors or walk-through metal detector for passengers and X-ray systems for carry-on items. However, the evolving security threats and the inability of metal detectors to detect non-metallic objects and explosives are nudging many airports to implement advanced imaging technologies and procedures to screen passengers for explosives and non-metallic weapons.

Airfreight forwarders are intermediary agents that arrange shipments for industries from the shipper to the final point of distribution. They are usually associated with the movement of light, expensive, and perishable cargo that needs quick transportation. Having long-term contracts with major airlines along with providing consolidation services enables them to secure cheaper freight rates. They act as supply chain experts, and their services range from packaging and labeling, documentation and PO management, charter services, transportation, and warehousing to VAS. They are increasingly offering integrated solutions, facilitating end-to-end cargo delivery processes, enabling exporters to focus on their core competencies. Customized solutions are being developed for customers from various industries, and especially for the pharmaceutical, food, and chemicals industries.

Line maintenance is a part of aircraft MRO, which refers to the works on discrepancies as per the requirements of the flight crew in order to ensure airworthy condition of the aircraft. These works are conducted before or in between flight operations on a regular basis. Line maintenance involves two components: labor and materials. Some of the line maintenance activities are A checks, weekly/overnight checks, daily checks, transit checks, and pre-flight checks.