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aircraft systems connectivity

The increased scope and complexity of connectivity technology on aircrafts and in aviation infrastructure, such as networked air traffic control systems, makes their operators...
air traffic control

Before thousands of drones hit the skies to make widespread package delivery a reality, there’s going to have to be some kind of air...
startup visa

The Trump administration may scrap or indefinitely delay the International Entrepreneur Rule, widely regarded as the U.S. version of a startup visa, according to...
Critical Transportation Infrastructure

Protecting critical infrastructure isn’t just about preventing malicious attacks, but also mitigating the damage of natural disasters. Transportation infrastructure such as subway tunnels are...
ct scans

A new luggage-scanning technology that increases security and speeds the screening lines in airports may be on the way. The US Transportation Security Administration...
Surface-to-Air Missile

South Korea’s “Three Pillar” national defense program has reached another stage. South Korea will soon begin the mass-production of its new mid-range hit-to-kill missile...
US navy training

Virtual Reality and light detection technologies will change US Navy training. Navy engineers used 3D imaging capabilities of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology...
drones

A Pentagon effort to develop businesses in Silicon Valley may be bearing some of its first fruit, as a San Diego company rolls out...
long range missile system

Raytheon has won a $116.4 million contract to enter the technological maturation and risk reduction phase of the Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) program. LRPF...
artificial intelligence

The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S....
first responders

Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...
unmanned underwater vehicles

America’s largest military shipbuilder and its largest aerospace firm have teamed up in order to build underwater drones for the U.S. Navy. The partnership,...
anti-ICBM

Unmanned aerial vehicles have gained wider presence in the laser weapon realm. Now, the US is looking to field a laser-armed unmanned aircraft to...
refueling tankers

US Navy carriers will be upgraded in order to be prepared to carry unmanned refueling tankers. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS...
communication software

The U.S Marines are connecting more easily to one another in the field thanks to a recent upgrade to the Combat Operations Center (COC)...
electronic warfare

A robotic solution is sought for various electronic warfare applications. The US Army is looking for an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that can conduct...
targeting system

The Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) that, combined with a navigational pod, makes up the latest version of the low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared...
dirty bomb

The Port of Charleston, South Carolina, has been evacuated early June 15th as US federal authorities investigate a reported threat on a container ship...
Department of homeland security

Canine’s’ sense of smell is more than a million times stronger than a human’s, making them excellent partners for explosive locating. Many detection canine...
sea based radar

When the Sea-Based X-Band radar 9 (SBX) will dry dock roughly around the 2020 time frame, it won’t affect the U.S. capability to detect...
boarding pass

A US airliner has revealed more information on face recognition self-boarding trials it is conducting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and SITA...
perimeter security

Fiber optic sensing solutions have been used for some time in a wide array of perimeter security applications to detect suspected intrusions. The slightest deviation...