Baffling Decision to Cease Ban on Knives on U.S. Flights Reversed
The surprising decision made earlier this year to reverse the ban on knives on U.S. flights had even the most junior Israeli security experts...
UK Allocates Large Resources to UAS R&D Effort
A UAS battlefield demonstrator program has gained momentum in the UK. In what turned out to be a crucial speech at the University of...
UAVs Aid U.S. Border Agencies
Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order...
License Plates Have Never Stored So Much Data
Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are probably the most common mass surveillance technology in use by law enforcement agencies. But they're not always used...
Israeli Unmanned Helicopter Back on Track
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is again investing in an effort to develop an unmanned version of a manned helicopter.
Almost two years after a joint...
DARPA Funds Vertical Take-off and Landing UAV
Aurora’s XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) XPlane subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD) aircraft has recently completed its planned flight test program at the...
First Testing of UAV Carrier Capabilities
The Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS) was tested for the first time to evaluate its software compatibility, data communication abilities, and electro-optical...
Big Brother in Britain: Police UAVs
The trend is clear- Police forces want UASs for performing their mission. Recently the Sussex police in England began to use a small UAS to...
A New Mini UAS is Unveiled
Stark Aerospace, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has unveiled its ArrowLite hand launched, single operator tactical UAS. The ArrowLite was designed, developed...
Counter-Drone Solution Installed in Charles de Gaulle Airport
The risk that commercial drones pose to aircraft is a growing one. The UK Airprox Board, which monitors reported near misses with aircraft, recorded...
Romania Approves Drone Operations in National Airspace
Romanian authorities recently adopted a law that allows unmanned aerial vehicles, UAS, to operate in the national airspace.
The use of UASs in a military...
Warning : Absolutely do not congregate in Open and Protected Areas...
MDA Director General, Eli Bin cautioned: You must avoid congregating in remote areas and protected areas, adding that "this will save lives."
Firefighters and rescue...
Can Israel Participate in India’s Future Fighter Program?
A high-powered panel appointed by the Indian defence ministry to examine different aspects of the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) project has said that...
US Upgrades Situational Awareness Capabilities
The US Air Force will improve its ISR capabilities with the upgrade of tactical radios on its fleet of surveillance radar aircraft to securely...
iHLS Wishes You Well Over The Fast
On Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), iHLS wishes you and your families well over the fast, may you be signed and sealed in the...
Israel’s CyberSpark initiative receives a boost as yet another company joins
Another company has just announced joining as a partner in the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, a non-profit organization established to enhance government-private sector collaboration in Israel...
ISIS: Main developments in Syria in the Second half of January...
The intensity of the fighting in Syria was low this week as well, probably due to the poor weather conditions.
Kobani (Ayn al-Arab)
During the week,...
Double Jeopardy: Mac and PC Users Equally at Risk from Cyberthreats
According to research conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, users of Apple computers encounter cyber threats just as often as the users of...
Fateh-313 Missile In Lebanon? Probably Very Soon
Israeli sources said that it is very likely that Teheran will soon transfer its new surface - surface ballistic missile to the Hezbollah in...
AUS&R Update: The Professional Convention
During AUS&R 2015 a certificate of appreciation was given to Shabtai Brill, who served in the intelligence corps. Brill was the very first person...
Reliance, Rafael to set up JV For Weapon Systems
In one of the biggest joint venture between an Indian company with any OEM, Reliance Defence Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd...
Traitor In Our Midst? Here’s How to Tell
The US Department of Defence (DoD) is bringing some foresight to the threat of information leakers and traitors. The DoD is building “a massive...
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No GPS? This Quantum Sensor Navigates by Reading the Earth
Modern ships depend heavily on satellite navigation, creating a vulnerability when GPS and other GNSS signals are jammed, spoofed or unavailable. In a contested...
