Is Australia interested in advanced UASs?
As part of their participation in the multinational peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, the Australians have deployed Heron 1 UASs (unmanned aerial systems). Reportedly, the...
Study: Virtual training can save billions
Virtual training can save training costs by more than $1.7 billion over five years. This, according to a study by the U.S Government Business...
Local armies? Tanks and grenade launchers to local police
Almost 13,000 agencies in all 50 states and four U.S. territories have been participating in a military “recycling” program. The share of equipment and...
The conduct of the Islamic State: February 12-18 2015
Cyber warfare waged by ISIS-affiliated hackers
On February 13, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account posted the claim that ISIS-affiliated hackers had hacked into the websites...
Netherlands seeks Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles
The U.S. military has asked Congress to approve a possible sale of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles and related equipment to the Netherlands.
The Reaper,...
iHLS TV Special Video Edition: Is the Taranis UAV operational?
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In this Special iHLS TV Edition, we discuss Britain’s Taranis unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was dubbed the most...
ISIS: Main developments in Syria and Iraq February 12-18 2015
Main developments in Syria
Hama
On February 12, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account claimed that Hama had been declared a new Islamic State province. At this...
Drones vs safety and privacy
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum to federal agencies to guard against abuse of data collected by drones. This ruling also stipulates a 180-day...
Confronting Spontaneous Terrorist Attacks
A prominent feature of many terrorist attacks in recent months by Islamic radicals is their independent, spontaneous, unplanned nature – sometimes called the work...
New Armed UAV Export Rules Help US Firms
New US rules loosening restrictions on exports of armed drones should not only help US companies, but will also aid Washington in shaping "global...
How long should an emergency message be to prove effective?
Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...
Thermal performance breakthrough achieved
Thermal resistance is of great interest to electronic engineers, since most sensitive electrical components generate heat and need to be cooled. Allowing heat to...
US: pushing the envelope on explosive detection
A new collaborative effort of explosives detection innovation
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is leading a collaboration of strategic public and private partners focused on...
President Putin Visits Egypt
Russian President Putin (L) meeting with Egyptian President el-Sisi (R) in Cairo, February 9, 2015
On February 9-10, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Egypt...
TEMPAERIS demonstrates UAV integration
The TEMPAERIS consortium has demonstrated the capability to integrate a remote controlled aircraft in to civilian air traffic.
This evaluation was performed around Bordeaux-Merignac airport,...
The international campaign against ISIS: February 12-18
US and coalition airstrikes
This past week the coalition forces carried out dozens of airstrikes in Syria and Iraq:
In Syria, airstrikes were carried out in...
Advanced simulators have been operated in the IAF flight academy
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has recently began training new pilots on the advanced trainer aircraft, the M-346 "Lavi". Flight hours are saved by...
The first-ever armored taxi appears in Russia
This is the most unique Taxi in the world. If you happen to be in Russia, you can now take a ride in military...
The new nightmare of counter terror experts
Drones over Paris
What happened yesterday over Paris is the nightmare of counter terror organizations and they say that this is only the beginning of...
Innovative Face Recognition technology
In this day and age of highly advanced crimes on the one hand, and intensifying terrorism on the other, the sense among intelligence service,...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – February 24th 2015
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In this weekly Video report (February 24th 2015):
Israeli System Intercepts Cloud Stored Data
US Marine Corps Wants New Unmanned Tank
A...
Spotlight on the Global Jihad: February 12-18 2015
The main events this past week were the shooting attacks in Copenhagen, carried out by the same terrorist. The first targeted an event held...
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A New Quantum Breakthrough Could Change Signal Detection on the Battlefield
Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
