New DNA Technology Can Help Solve Crimes
A new software application can predict appearance and ancestry from forensic DNA samples, and could help police teams solve complex cases.
Snapshot is a...
Smart Watch to Record Injured Soldiers Condition in Battle
A new smart watch will be worn by injured soldiers during battle and will allow the IDF to monitor the soldiers' vital signs and...
NSA Deal With RSA Sparks Public Cyber Security Debate
The NSA paid RSA $10 million to ensure a vulnerable encryption algorithm was used by default in RSA's BSAFE toolkit, this according to a...
Cybersecurity Services to Air Force Satellite Imagery Project
An IT technology company will provide cybersecurity services to the US Air Force’s Eagle Vision, the only worldwide deployable ground station in the Department...
Denmark Purchases Advanced Targeting Pods for its Air Force
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) to provide LITENING advanced targeting pods for its F-16...
Chinese Develop Transforming, Liquid Metal
Printing parts for a weapon is one thing – and there’s ample proof-of-concept about to show that 3D printers will only get better at...
U.K. Prisons: Jihadi Recruitment Centers
A recent report by Britain’s Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Sadiq Khan, details the growing population of Muslims in British jails, many of...
Africa vs. Cyber Crime
West-African states are cracking down on cyber-crime.
The ECOWAS organization, the Economic Community of West African States, has announced the establishment of Computer Emergency...
DHS Revises Use of Deadly Force Along Borders
On 30 May DHS released new guidelines detailing when the use of force by Border Patrol officials is authorized. The lack of explicit scenarios...
U.S. Parks Ban Drones
Bad news for drone lovers in the United States: The National Park Service banned the use of drones (or any other flying device) within...
The soldier’s lie detector
Veritas Scientific, based in Virginia, markets a truth detection system called HandShake for soldiers to diagnose the trust-worthiness of people they may have to...
Defense Business Options to Open Up in India
The Indian market is currently the major market for the Israeli defense industries. During recent years, the Israeli companies, mainly IAI, supplied weapon systems...
Facial Recognition Technology Helps Law Enforcement
New York City has been employing facial recognition technology extensively. The technology has helped lead to the arrest of more than 4,000 people involved...
FEMA preparing for possible shortages of bio-hazard gear as Ebola fears...
The Obama administration is looking into evoking the Defense Production Act to stem possible shortages of bio-hazard protective gear as fears of an Ebola...
UAVs – a growth engine for IAI
IAI was among the presenters at the Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
Following last week's AUS&R 2014 UAV convention (November...
Will the U.S Respond to Sony Hack?
The U.S. is weighing a “range of options” to respond to the hack of Sony Pictures, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said recently....
USS Zumwalt: Building the Future
Like the admiral it is named after, this new addition to the US Navy ship challenges conventional wisdom. USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is the...
UAV regulation: is the FAA warming up to users?
FAA unveils 2 drone programs to gauge UAV use
The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is testing the skies with more drones. It has allowed...
AUS&R Update: The Air And Ground Demo
The participants of the AUS&R 2015 have watched a live demonstration of unmanned aerial, ground and underwater vehicles for almost an hour, as part...
Arrow-3 Completes Successful Trial
A successful trial of the Arrow-3 anti-missiles missile was completed yesterday morning.
Arrow-3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles from outside the atmosphere. The experiment was...
Nokia Accused of Selling Surveillance Equipment to Egypt
Human rights advocacy group Privacy International has accused Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia Networks and controversial Italian cybersecurity firm Hacking Team of secretly selling surveillance...
US, Israel to Sign Agreement to Cooperate in Cyber Defense
Israel and the United States have recently signed a cyber defense declaration calling for real-time operational connectivity through respective Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTS)...
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Security Without the Bottleneck? Smarter Detection Could Change Checkpoints
Airport security depends on finding dangerous materials without bringing passenger movement to a halt. Liquids remain one of the most visible compromises: travelers are...
