Geo-politics

Geo-politics

The AMDS program is developing a prototype UGV-based mine-detection sensor suite that can find buried anti-personnel mines. The AMDS consists of a suite of...

The U.S. confirmed today what Israeli sources have already reported: Syria is hiding parts of its chemical weapon caches. IHLS has published an article a...

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan last week led a large Nigerian delegation to an official visit in Israel to discuss cooperation in fighting terrorism. “There...

NATO and Russia are cooperating on a system that will identify terrorist bombers targeting big commuter hubs or sports venues. NATO said in a video...
MQ-8C Fire Scout. Photo: Northrop Grumman

The MQ-8C Fire Scout — an unmanned helicopter that’s larger and faster than the MQ-8B already in use by the Navy — made its...

The surprising decision made earlier this year to reverse the ban on knives on U.S. flights had even the most junior Israeli security experts...

Killer unmanned air systems (UAS) are accurate most of the time. The Pakistani government said that 3 per cent of the people killed in...

A new hand-held chemical identifier for analyzing suspected explosives, toxic industrial chemicals and narcotics was introduced Tuesday by Smiths Detection. According to the New Scientist,...

Lockheed Martin has established a continuous diagnostics and mitigation laboratory where they will conduct workshops to help governments with cybersecurity. The laboratory in Gaithersburg,...

The adoption of military gear by local police departments across America – some call it the “militarization” of American police – has been going...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is quietly considering lifting a long-standing ban on Libyans coming to the U.S. for training in the aviation...

The international chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday that Syria had met a key deadline for “the functional destruction” of all the chemical weapons...

The Kenyan Police Service (KPS) has taken delivery of United States-made bomb disposal equipment for use in anti-terror operations by the Criminal Investigations Department...

The U.S. Army is testing a variety of unmanned ground vehicles to see how well they can fire weapons and carry the load for...

Russia’s army is set to adopt a new assault rifle that performs effectively both on the ground and underwater. The ADS assault rifle, can...

A memo written by the U.S. Airways Pilot Association described a possible "dry-run" for a future terrorist attack that occurred on Flight 1880 on...

A security strategy paper by EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton says EU countries should use military-grade unmanned air systems (UAS) for border surveillance....

Positioning itself for future Army contracts, Sikorsky Aircraft says it is developing an unmanned helicopter sophisticated enough to skim treetops, negotiate emerging obstacles and...

The U.S. army has an urgent need for a vehicle that can protect its passengers from improvised explosive devices (IED). Over the next 18 months,...

Lockheed Martin will continue to support a tethered aerostat-based system that provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance for warfighters in Afghanistan. The U.S. Army...

QinetiQ North America’s Talon robot is now actively being deployed in 30 countries globally including U.S., Europe and Africa. Since its introduction more than...

Slowly but surely, unmanned aircraft systems(UAS) are entering the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). For the first time, aircraft have flown commercially into remote...

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