Drones Changing Rules Of The Game In Disputed Areas
China has now firmly established itself as leading player in the worldwide arena of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturing. Some of the country’s products...
Autonomous Mortar System Allows Operation Agility and Performance
Autonomous capabilities - also at the mortar field. A new autonomous mortar system enables optimal recoil reduction; it is adapted to suit lightweight vehicles...
Lockheed Martin to Supply Submarine Undersea Surveillance System
Lockheed Martin Corp. is being awarded a contract modification for the production and support of Acoustic Rapid Commercial off-the-shelf Insertion (A-RCI) systems for the...
A Robot Arm Would Catch UASs in Mid-Air
US DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has initiated a new project - its SideArm research effort seeks to create a self-contained, portable apparatus able...
Retired senior German defense ministry official: “Turkey is on its way...
The German intelligence services have credible information according to which "Turkey is headed towards its own nuclear bomb". This is revealed in an interview...
Navy AUV Sets Mission Endurance Record
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, has executed a record setting 507 km (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission...
Israeli academic institutions shoulder the development efforts focusing on Robotic solutions...
Israel's universities and institutes have teams developing various robots which will be capable of travelling across tunnels, overcome barriers and map their surroundings.
The last...
Russia is Trying to Penetrate Egyptian Weapons Market
Egypt is interested in the procurement of Buk-M3 Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) from Russia.
The parties still need to agree on volumes, terms of performance and...
The Israeli long arm is getting longer and stronger
Iran is galloping towards a nuclear bomb and Israel has to be ready to defend itself. This requires a very capable "long arm" and...
The NSA To Undergo Major Reorganisation For The 21st Century
The US National Security Agency (NSA) is about to undergo a major reorganisation, according to past and current agency officials. The world’s largest electronic...
The new mission planning system of the Israeli Air Force’s C-130
The Israeli Air Force continues to upgrade the operational capabilities of its C-130 transport aircraft.
A new very advanced mission planning and navigation system is...
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...
India is Advancing its Radar Technology Capabilities
A new first-of-its-kind radar test facility has been set up in India. BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited) has set up a Near Field Antenna Test...
New Manufacturer in Loitering Munition Field
Loitering munition is a weapon system category in which the munition loiters around the target area for some time, searches for targets, and attacks...
DARPA Fighting Propaganda And Lone Wolfs
“Lone wolf” terrorist attacks are becoming the new normal. These individuals, almost unconnected to larger organisations, are hard to find, monitor, and apprehend on...
India Purchases More Tanks from Russia
The Indian Army plans to buy 464 advanced T-90 battle tanks from Russia for deployment on its western borders with Pakistan.
The $2 billion worth...
Britain To Get Cyber Defence Centre
We’ve reported on the upgrades to the cybersecurity of Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent, but the United Kingdom is stepping up its game in cyber-defence...
AR Headset Will Enable Soldiers to See What’s Around Corner
The newly unveiled Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR) headsets aim to give soldiers “situational awareness,” making it possible to map and locate targets or talk...
Air Traffic Controllers to be Replaced by Remote Systems
British airports are considering using digital technology to monitor planes in place of air traffic controllers.
Cameras and sensors could make traditional towers “obsolete” by...
Strat Aero will establish first UAV pilot base in Netherlands
Strat Aero has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Dutch Government to establish an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) training facility in the...
DEFENSE & HOMELAND SECURITY INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL: EDITORIAL PIECE NO.1
September, 2008. Russia’s invasion of Georgia commenced and a parallel technology war was reportedly underway, in parallel with conventional warfare, as many of Georgia’s...
Solutions to Cyber Hacking Risks at the Automotive Sector
Hacking has become one of the auto industry's biggest concerns, especially as modern cars add more electronic controls and infotainment systems. Last March, the...
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No GPS? This Quantum Sensor Navigates by Reading the Earth
Modern ships depend heavily on satellite navigation, creating a vulnerability when GPS and other GNSS signals are jammed, spoofed or unavailable. In a contested...
