Urban Warfare Has its Own Rules
Every mission that Marine or Army formations have to carry out is more difficult when you take it into an urban environment. This is...
Echolocation Technology Helps Robots Navigate
Israeli researchers have created what they said is the first robot to truly use echolocation - a biological sonar like the one that bats...
Chinese Army Invests in “Superweapons”
The Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) develops new super weapons that include smart grenade launchers, a pistol with changing fire trajectory, and a knife-gun....
Innovative Security Technologies Showcased at CES
Fascinating security and public safety technologies were among the major new developments at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas. Here are...
The Global Race for Armed Robots
A new project by the US Army seeks out robots that would do the fighting for the fighters in the field. The project entails...
New Safety Standard for Flying Drones Over Crowds
Flying drones over crowds of people can be dangerous, and from now on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require a permission to do...
Taiwan Plans to Turn Jet Engines into Cruise Missiles
Tensions between Taiwan and China leads the former to develop cruise missiles out of old fighter jets’ engines. The J85 turbojet engines in question...
Game-Changer for UAV Power Market
The effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles is limited by their flight time and payload capacity. Longer flight times are often needed and alternative power...
Meet the Scorpion
The design details of the Scorpion, the new multi-mission, ‘back-packable’ unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), was unveiled by Endeavor Robotics last December. The high-mobility UGV...
Solution to Helicopter-Surface Ship Communication Problem
U.S. Navy shipboard communications experts needed a digital datalink, an electronic connection for the exchange of information, to enable the naval helicopter to share...
Costly Crash of Leading UAV
A $4.1 million Predator drone crash that occurred in 2017 was only reported recently. The US MQ-1B Predator drone crashed after its crew lost...
Secure Communication Software for Military Use
In order to improve its situational awareness capabilities, the U.S. Army is developing new tactical software that will allow commanders to communicate more effectively...
Anti-UAV Tech at Urban Airspace
Due to their low price and availability, commercial drones and hobbyist drones are a regular part of irregular warfare now, and those skills are...
Will Internet Giant Help US Military Once Again?
The US Defense Department has been unable to find a root cause for pilots experiencing hypoxia-like symptoms -- disorientation, shortness of breath, confusion and...
Register to Big Data for Security and Intelligence Conference & Exhibition
The Big Data for Security and Intelligence Conference and Exhibition organized by iHLS will showcase the latest requirements of the commercial and security sectors...
Drone Demonstrated Impressive Underground Performance
During a recent demo, an autonomous drone was deployed to map tunnels as small as 3×3 meters, yielding accurate 3D renderings without sending miners...
Few Seconds Alert Makes All the Difference
A unique mobile app designed to alert residents in Los Angeles County of an earthquake has been unveiled. The ShakeAlertLA app is designed...
Stealth Technology for Speed Boats Under Development
Rising tensions between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf’s vital oil shipping route, brings Iran to announce that it will upgrade its speed boats...
New Training Simulator for Drone Swarm Attack
A new target system that allows anti-aircraft gunners to practice repelling an attack by a swarm of drones, is developed by the Russian Kupol...
New Infrared Search and Track System for UAV
There are a number of UAV developments under way in Asia in an effort for nations in the region to be able to operate...
Animal-Inspired Solution for Last Mile Supply
Transporting supplies to places that are difficult for access or dangerous is a challenging mission for military forces. Delivering humanitarian aid to disaster zones...
New Missile System to Put End to Upgrades
Russia is upgrading its missile defense system. Its Aerospace Forces will get their first medium-range surface-to-air missile system S-350 Vityaz next year, the Defence...
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Drone Operators Can Now Carry Their Entire Control Station on Their...
First-person-view (FPV) drones have become increasingly important for reconnaissance and strike missions, but controlling them often requires bulky ground equipment. Traditional ground control stations...
