Geo-politics

A tethered drone system is being used for the first time in the United States to improve road safety under the management of the...

A technology based on artificial intelligence and computer vision is helping monitor critical infrastructure, moving AI compute to the edge. FirstEnergy has completed a pilot...

The UK Royal Navy is exploring the use of drones to deliver lightweight supplies to vessels at sea. Given that seven out of ten...

VR headsets, provided by the Swiss train builder Stadler, have been allowing drivers to see inside the new metro cab before it has even...

China has developed the world's largest electric-powered quadruped bionic robot, which is expected to join logistics delivery and reconnaissance missions in complex environments that...

Call for startups:  Following the immense success of the previous two cycles and their integration into the defense sector, iHLS invites you to join the...

A new technique allows robots to remain resilient when faced with intermittent communication losses on the battlefield. The α-shape, provides an efficient method for...

Exoskeletons (external skeletons) are designed to help soldiers with heavy loads and give their limbs extra movement, strength and endurance. But soldiers often face...

Computers or networks in critical infrastructures are often physically isolated to prevent external access. “Air-gapping” means that these systems have neither wired nor wireless...

The quantum computing age is coming and with it a serious threat to encrypted communications. Current cryptography protocols used to secure our data can...

A new navigation device that will enable warfighters to better shoot, move and communicate in a GPS degraded environment, could replace the legacy handheld...

Heightened concern over a critical vulnerability in widely used software. The flaw lets internet-based attackers easily seize control of everything from industrial control systems...

Future AI tools could help human commanders break opponents in real battles. Gamebreaker program by US security research agency DARPA wants to turn the design...

The US Army is preparing for the multi-domain battlefield. This year, the Army’s multi-domain task forces will serve as primary testbeds for the service’s...

The live training environment will be replaced with virtuals. The US Army wishes to trade the decades-old Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES,...

Moving towards autonomy, unmanned aerial vehicles rely heavily on advanced collision avoidance systems. A European collision-avoidance project for drones wants to replicate the human...

Integrated machine learning platforms can significantly reduce time, redundancy, cost, and improve the accuracy in detecting threats such as explosives, chemical agents, and narcotics. The...

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other satellite tracking systems (GNSS) are significant and important tools that support military goals and missions, and they are...

Call for startups:  Following the immense success of the previous two cycles and their integration into the defense sector, iHLS invites you to join the...

Over the next decades, the British army may enlist tens of thousands of robotic soldiers. In the face of new emerging technologies and changing...

The US Defense Department is set to trial a full-scale autonomous ocean-going replenishment system. The technology-driven kits transform existing barges into self-moving platforms that...

Pressure has ramped up globally for better biosafety and security over the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its impact could inspire “bad actors” to...