Useless forces of a useless organization
The UN is a useless organization supplying jobs around the world. In this weird situation the organization's "Peace keeping" forces are a bad joke.
The...
A successful experiment with missile defence interceptor
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have recently conducted a first successful experiment for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The missile has...
Russia and Israel in the Paris air show – growing competition
The Paris Air Show will emphasize the growing competition between Russia and Israel in some segments of the market. An Israeli source told the...
Kurt Sitte – A Russian “Sleeper Agent” in Israel
By Ami Dor-On
One of the most frightening intelligence organizations ever known to the intelligence community was hidden for many years behind the mundane-bureaucratic name...
Defense Industry Struggling to Find Consistent Anti-Chemichal Method
Battelle, a nonprofit research and development institute, recently said the key to preparing for the rapidly growing threat of biological or chemical weapons is...
In a Decade Robots Will Outnumber Humans in the U.S. Army
A lot can happen in 10 years, especially with the ever-increasing advances in technology. That’s no truer than for the military. Long have robotic...
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....
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Airport security depends on finding dangerous materials without bringing passenger movement to a halt. Liquids remain one of the most visible compromises: travelers are...
