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The largest wildfire in California history serves as a reminder that the trend of increasingly larger and faster-moving blazes may require new methods and...

Several companies have been trying to build air taxis, Uber is one of them. A new collaborative effort will be one of the most...

Stopping smuggler’s boats or enemy vessels can sometimes be a complex challenge. Currently, the US Navy stops boats particularly suspected smugglers by using a...

The satellite communications that ships, planes and the military use to connect to the internet are vulnerable to hackers that, in the worst-case scenario,...

In the Arctic, many of the nautic charts are built from scant sounding data, often from measurements that are hundreds of years old, because...

When conducting prevention campaigns, US Department of Motor Vehicles investigators frequently encounter underage individuals with fake, out-of-state licenses and IDs. Law enforcement officers in...

The US Navy is upgrading its counter-drone defense. The Navy has awarded CACI International a $48.5 million contract in this field. Under the contract,...

Manned-unmanned teaming could serve a broad array of missions such as air superiority, strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and electronic warfare. Autonomous platforms can...

Laser weapons are ideally suited to address high volume, low-cost threats because of their inexpensive cost per shot and deep magazine. The U.S. Army...

China is one of a handful of states engaged in a race to deploy a hypersonic strike platform capable of evading modern missile defense...

The growing prevalence of drones in the market, their low cost and high availability have all made them a potential threat to privacy and...

Are fitness applications the new threat to military officers and Pentagon officials? A recent memo from Deputy Defense Secretary, Patrick Shanahan, states the dangers of...

The US has been investing more resources in unmanned systems and robotics. In its fiscal year 2019 budget, the Defense Department requested $9.6 billion...

Looking to boost its defenses amid growing tensions with Russia, Sweden will buy from Raytheon the Patriot air defense missile systems. The deal will...

A program based on advanced algorithms designed to turn small air and ground systems into team members that could autonomously perform tasks dangerous for...

The near-future battlefield will be characterized by the presence of Internet of Things: smart devices, soldier-worn sensors and unmanned aircraft will produce a nonstop...

Cyber attacks against IoT devices can cause considerable damages. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has signed a...

A new system provides live video calls and pinpoint location capabilities to 911 centers across the US. The next-Generation 911 plugin c-Lite works in...

During recent years, drones have experienced an unprecedented boom within aviation.  Coinciding with the increase in popularity, incidents involving drones in tourist areas, as...

Law enforcement officers coordinating and participating in dangerous operations to stop drug trafficking need reliable communications. The US Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS),...

Cyberattacks have become a potent threat to US organizations and infrastructure. There is also a renewed concern over the possibility of Russian-sponsored meddling in...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled the first set of research teams selected to explore unproven but potentially powerful approaches...