China

China

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China is a global leader in computer vision surveillance research. This is the conclusion of a recent report from the Center for Security and...
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MI6, UK’s secret intelligence service, is pursuing partnerships with the technology industry to tackle the challenges posed by nation-states, cyber-criminals and global terrorists. Head...
experimentation

“The security environment is ever-changing. Today it is characterized by the proliferation of sophisticated sensors and precision weapons coupled with growing strategic competition” -...
china uav

A video released by the Chinese Air Force shows its WZ-7 jet-powered high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE), reconnaissance unmanned aircraft. The large drone, also known as “Soaring...
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U.S. intelligence officials warned that America’s status as a global superpower depends on maintaining a lead in five key technologies. America’s rivals are trying...
cybersecurity

Russia accounted for 58% of nation-state cyberattacks observed in the past year, according to a recent Microsoft study. Most of these attacks targeted government...

As countries race to invest in “loyal wingman” drones to help protect pricier crewed fighter jets, China has revealed its own model.  The loyal wingman...
hypersonic UAV

Chinese researchers claim that they have made significant progress on a classified hypersonic drone model. In a work published in a peer-reviewed paper in...
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Concerns rise that China might exploit cyber vulnerabilities in tech used broadly across the US public and private sectors. China’s new Data Security Law (DSL),...

The Pentagon-developed camera drones are more expensive and less capable than the Chinese-made ones that they were supposed to replace, according to an internal...
electronic spectrum

Adversaries of the US have noted the opportunity to disrupt U.S. forces through the spectrum, adopting high-tech methods to block access and jam or...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for revolutionary enabling technologies for land, sea, air, and space applications that would put...
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While in the past two decades, US special operations forces have played a key role in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, bigger potential adversaries...
cybersecurity of electrical grid

The U.S. Energy Department announced a 100-day plan to harden security systems for the country’s electrical infrastructure and increase the ability to detect and...
Tesla car

All Tesla vehicles are now banned from Chinese military bases and other sensitive military complexes.  The Chinese military has banned Tesla cars from entering its...
video redaction

Emotion recognition technology - can it be considered biometrics 3.0? Emotion recognition technology tracks traits such as facial muscle movements, vocal tone and body...
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A tiny surveillance drone unveiled by a Chinese company is a copy of the Black Hornet Nano. The developer, privately owned Huaqing Innovation, said...
air taxi

Flying taxis can improve urban traffic in a sustainable way. A new eco-friendly passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle provides a low-altitude solution for future transportation...
fighter aircraft

China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets and other sophisticated...

China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle for ecological protection. The UAV was designed to generate artificial precipitation in northwest China’s Gansu Province.  The flight...
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Recent regulation efforts made by US and European authorities regarding drone delivery are now joined by a Chinese move to regulate delivery flights by...

The Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, one of the largest and most popular drone companies in the world — has been added to the US...