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Counter Terror

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and lawmakers expressed concern that Islamic State is moving to develop chemical weapons even as the U.S.-led coalition makes...

  Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...

The US Air Force has been strengthening its drone warfare options, including drone-pilot training. But the war against ISIS has increased the demand for...

A non-radioactive, hand-held explosive threat detector, now has the additional capability to detect and identify TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide). This was the explosive substance used...

The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its  functions have expanded to traffic control and...

AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere. The convention was a remarkable...

The US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) will receive first regular shipments of next-generation radioisotope identifier (RIID) systems this fall. Symetrica’s Smiths Detection RadSeeker handheld...

Two hours ago the AUS&R convention, hosted by iHLS has begun. The annual convention, the fourth and biggest of it’s kind, will focus on...

The US ally Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with China to buy drones that are capable of carrying missiles and laser guided bombs. The...

Next time you land at Austin-Bergstom International Airport you’ll have to walk through a new set of security doors before heading downstairs to grab...

The 2016 edition of Black Dart, the Defense Department’s formerly classified counter-drone exercise, will expand to Eglin Air Force Base this year, in search...

By ARIE EGOZI The agreement reached yesterday between the U.S and Israel will allow Israel to improve its anti ballistic missiles defenses. According to the agreement...

The US government has implemented various measures to tighten border security, track visitors, and attempt to keep visitors with potential terrorist ties from entering...

Robots have been playing a growing role in combat. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently unveiled the RoBattle, an unmanned, heavy duty, highly maneuverable...

A delegation of 14 experts from the US ministry of defense will attend the AUS&R 2016 Convention. The delegation of the US Department of...

Rheinmetall has won a contract to set up an urban warfare ‘training city’ for a customer of Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. The complete ‘training city’...

Israeli Defense Ministry’s DECA (Defense Export Controls Agency) is offering exporters in the defense sector a package of benefits and relief of restrictions, in...

‘Intelligent video analytics’ were deployed by the Indian Railways in order to assess crowd density at major railway stations and initiate crowd control measures...

Russian Sukhoi Su-33 air superiority fighters based on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be outfitted with an ultra-precision targeting system, known as the...

Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, will deploy 200 counter terrorism officers to the Greek islands in an effort to thwart a “strategic”-level campaign...

The Procurement Office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior signed a framework agreement with Rohde & Schwarz for 300 R&S QPS200 security...

France and Germany are insisting makers of encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram to help governments monitor communications among suspected extremists. Privacy advocates argue that...

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