Critical infrastructure sites face a fast-changing threat landscape from drones and cyber-enabled disruption to determined attempts at physical breach. Vehicle-borne risks are rising in particular: explosives, weapons, and contraband can be concealed in ordinary-looking cars and trucks and moved quickly to a secure perimeter. And because the undercarriage is often the least-inspected area, it can become the easiest route past a checkpoint.
Protecting critical infrastructure demands a unified, proactive security posture, and under-vehicle inspection is a high-impact layer of defence. Modern threats are rarely obvious: devices may be hidden in irregular packages, disguised as altered components, or attached with unfamiliar materials that blend into a vehicle’s underside. The right inspection system helps teams detect what humans can miss, reduce residual risk, and keep operations moving without sacrificing security.
Many organisations still manage physical security with fragmented processes and disconnected tools. That separation creates slowdowns, inconsistent screening, and gaps that adversaries can exploit. By pairing actionable threat intelligence with advanced inspection technology, security teams can standardise decisions, speed up secondary screening, and improve auditability across sites and shifts.
AI-powered Under Vehicle Inspection Systems (UVIS) apply computer vision and machine learning to turn undercarriage imaging into real-time decision support. Computer vision captures and interprets underbody imagery, recognising components, surfaces, textures, and patterns, while machine learning learns what normal looks like across vehicle types and conditions. The result: faster inspections, more consistent detection of anomalies, and clearer guidance for operators. Now it matters.
In a crowded UVIS market, Comm Port’s CPAS AI differentiates itself by moving beyond passive image review to intelligent, mission-ready detection. Instead of asking operators to spot every detail manually, CPAS AI is designed to surface risk, guide attention, and support repeatable inspection workflows even in high-throughput environments.
Built on the Commport Area Scanner (CPAS), CPAS AI is an advanced, AI-based Under Vehicle Inspection System (UVIS) that helps detect threats concealed beneath vehicles entering secure sites. For high-profile facilities, the cost of a missed threat is unacceptable. CPAS AI helps teams strengthen detection, improve consistency, and document inspections with confidence.
· AI-driven anomaly detection: Highlights subtle deviations that may indicate tampering, concealment, or attached objects.
· Operator guidance: Directs attention to areas of concern to speed decision-making and reduce missed cues.
· Consistent screening at scale: Supports repeatable processes across shifts, sites, and varying traffic volumes.
· Traceability and accountability: Helps maintain inspection records to support audits, incident review, and continuous improvement.
CPAS-AI extends perimeter security when teams need coverage that doesn’t blink. Integrated with license plate recognition (LPR) and other monitoring solutions, it supports continuous oversight so suspicious changes are easier to identify and escalate. With threats increasingly local and frequently directed at government sites, military installations, airports, ports, and energy facilities, CPAS-AI helps security leaders strengthen readiness while maintaining the flow of daily operations.
