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big data

In commercial industries, understanding and analyzing big data on real time can lead to cost reduction, better-targeted marketing and increased efficiency. Like many businesses...
first responders capabilities

First responders capabilities are to be enhanced within the framework of the US efforts to advance smart city technologies. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
technological army

Over the last few years, China has been building its military abilities and prowess, to the worrying eyes of its neighbors and adversaries. Now,...

Loitering munition is a weapon system category in which the munition loiters around the target area for some time, searches for targets, and attacks...
parachute recovery system

Civilian drones have become a big part of many companies lives, from filming movies and advertisements to delivering packages like Amazon wants to start...
cyber capabilities

The recent protests in Iran and the regime’s attempts to block them shed light also on Tehran’s cyber capabilities. Offensive cyber operations have become...
underwater communications

GPS signals don't penetrate very deeply or at all in water, soil or building walls, and therefore, can't be used by submarines or in...
body armor

Body armor is not all about stopping bullets. There are many factors that affect how wearable armor is, which in turn impacts how and...
wearable robots

MIT researchers are working to create "soft," wearable robots. Robotics researcher Shuguang Li and his team develop the material for a new breed of...
drone threat

There are growing concerns in the US that terrorists and spies could use remotely piloted unmanned aircraft for surveillance, espionage and attacks, from monitoring...
hypersonic glide vehicle

China's new HGV, hypersonic glide vehicle, named  DF-17, in the form of ballistic missiles will not only challenge the defenses of the US but...

The U.S Navy is about to equip it’s Littoral Combat Ship (a class of relatively small surface vessels intended for operations close to shore)...
gps

About 70% of the US Army's major combat systems depend on signals being beamed from space. The Pentagon is investing in a new generation...
robot-human teaming

DARPA has been accelerating its efforts to develop tactics for deploying swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles to help U.S. soldiers in urban...
disaster

During a disaster, thousands of people are trying to communicate through the same network at the same time in the same area. This results...
datacenter

Researchers have been designing datacenter-on-chip (DoC) technology for faster and more energy-efficient data processing and better performance for big data applications. The project has...
cyberattacks

What were the major trends in the global cyberspace during 2017? According to a report by Clear Sky Cyber Security, the main attacks were...
new drone technology

A new technology aims at reducing global air freight costs at about half the price of piloted aircraft, and delivering freight faster than ships...
infrastructure inspection

New autonomous solar-powered blimps will be used to collect long-distance aerial data. Mothership Aeronautics will build and deploy its new TerraSoar Aerial Intelligence Airship. TerraSoar’s...
active shooter

The US has been enhancing preparedness to active shooter attacks. Using cutting-edge video game technology and animation, the U.S. Army and Homeland Security Department...
aircraft explosive vulnerability

Ever since 9/11, aircraft security has been a major concern for the U.S Government. Each day, more than twenty-six thousand commercial flights transport passengers...
terrorist groups

As the bitcoin concept gains more and more supporters around the globe, there are concerns that this digital currency considered a highly secure method...