Israeli Air force Selected Raytheon Radar for its F-15I
The Israeli Air force (IAF) has selected the Raytheon APG-82(V)1 radar for the upgrade of its F-15I jet fighters.
The advanced radar will be installed...
UASs – What Risk Do They Pose to People on Ground?
Researchers are developing methods to evaluate the risk posed by small unmanned aircraft to anyone on the ground. The research is key to enabling...
AI Scientists will Help Advance Naval Sensor Technology
A new, multiyear commitment to support the integration of modern "smart" technology into existing systems critical to the country's defense was launched by Indiana...
Firearms Seized at Major Anti-Terror Operation
More than 800 deadly firearms have been seized following a major operation by Britain’s anti-terror police and officers from the National Crime Agency.
During a...
The Iranian Scare: UAE Acquires U.S. Missile Defense Systems
While both the U.S and Europe still appear to be under the illusion that Iran will stop its nuclear program Muslim countries in the...
Looking to Optimize Airport Security Checks
London’s Luton airport is introducing a new technology to help cut down delays during security checks. The new cloud-based planning platform will help staff...
New Approach to Drone Technology
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is partnering with the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office to create a new organization dedicated to advancing drone technology....
Radical Change in Cybersecurity Strategy
The US NSA wants to make cybersecurity more profitable than cyber attacks. Neal Ziring, the NSA’s Capabilities Directorate technical director said recently: “I want...
Turkey Turns to Russia for Missile Defense Systems
Turkey prefers Russia as its defense missile systems supplier. Turkey has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to acquire Russia’s most advanced missile defense system,...
Unmanned Re-Fuelling Abilities
The UAV industry is finding all kinds of new applications and ventures that can use the devices’ unique abilities. The US Army Aviation and...
Unmanned aircraft used to survey Hawaii wildlife
The first of two scheduled deployments of unmanned aircraft systems over the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands showed they can be used to conduct research without...
Nanotechnology to Help Airport Security Process
Public health has become an important consideration when talking about airports, including security checks. How clean are airport security trays? Everything goes in those...
Multiple intelligence agencies: a blessing or recipe for failure? Part 2
The first part in this series on multiple intelligence agencies in the US listed 17 different bodies and cited their huge, cumulative, annual budget...
New lightweight Armor
Stark Aerospace has recently unveiled ProtectLite Armor, a cost effective lightweight, highly resilient, survivability solution at the 2014 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, being...
A UAV carrier in the skies?
The Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency (DARPA) is calling for ideas on how to create a sort of airborne aircraft carrier, a system that...
Cyber: hackers attack German steel mill causing physical damage
According to a report issued by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik - BSI), hackers had struck an...
Military AR Display Now Applied in Google Glass
A head-up display technology once developed for US soldiers in the field has become a commercial augmented reality (AR) platform used in various business...
Egypt’s Reported Acquisition of the S-300VM Air Defense System
Zvi Magen, Yiftah Shapir
Even if no contract has yet been signed, Egypt and Russia are holding talks on the purchase of the S-300VM air defense...
Major Findings From the US Annual Global Terrorism Update
The US National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) has released an update to its Global Terrorism Database (GTD)....
IAI’s MASHOV creates interest
IAI was among the presenters at the Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering its new,...
In Israel this is not an issue
The U.S Lawmakers pledge to continue support for FAA Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected...
Cooperation is the key for U.S border security projects
Israeli companies will have to partner with companies in the U.S to try and get chunks of the big border security market.
At last month’s...
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Laser Sensing Tech Could Move From Ground Mapping to Space Surveillance
Stealth aircraft are designed primarily to make radar detection more difficult, creating an ongoing challenge for the sensors responsible for finding and tracking them....
