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...
Lessons from the Iron Dome
By Yiftah S. Shapir
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
Israel has been under rocket attack for many years. Particularly memorable are the shelling of Galilee panhandle...
New Helicopter Family Takes Aviation World by Storm
The US Marine Corps’ portion of the future vertical lift program, a plan to develop a family of five military helicopters for the United...
Mozambique Considers Domestic Production of UAS
Unmanned aircraft could be assembled in Mozambique, under collaboration between the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Engineering Faculty of the...
Cellphone Tracking Technology Causes Political Stir
According to a recent committee report by the US House of Representatives, clearer guidelines are needed for law enforcement's use of secretive and intrusive...
Training people to fight terrorism – a new U.S. initiative
Secretary of State John Kerry, in a Friday speech to the Global Counterterrorism Ministerial Forum, unveiled a new U.S. initiative to address the root...
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One of the World’s Most Widely Used Machine Guns Is Evolving...
Machine guns remain a core element of infantry firepower, but the way soldiers use them has changed significantly over the past two decades. Modern...
