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USA

ISIS

The U.S. military has been studying the drone threat from the Islamic State group in Iraq for some time now. The U.S. Army’s Combined...
border

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued requests for proposals for prototypes for a wall along the Mexican border. According to fortune.com,...
Command and Control Capabilities

  The US Marine Corps has been enhancing its command and control capabilities. Since July 2016, the corps has rolled out 1,100 units of its...
virtual

Raytheon Missile Systems engineers have developed the CAVE, a room-sized, interactive 3-D theater, or generically a ‘computer assisted virtual environment’. Using the platform, teams...
DARPA

  The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...
night-vision goggles

A new system that enables real color view while using night-vision goggles, instead of the infamous all-green view, was developed by Chromatra, a company...
unmanned

Germany’s defense ministry has announced its decision to buy high-altitude MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance planes, produced and built by Northrop Grumman Corp for deliveries...
cyber crime

Lockheed Martin will support the US Department of Defense's efforts against cyber criminals under a new contract. The company will continue its role as...
cell phone

A technology that extracts data from a cell phone can make criminal investigations more efficient. The forensic flash device reader allows officers to acquire data...
Autonomous Surface Mine Countermeasure

A comprehensive evaluation of a new autonomous surface mine countermeasure (SMCM) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) was successfully completed. The vehicle, Knifefish, was designed by...
military training

As virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have grown in popularity within the gaming and entertainment industries over the past few years, the...
GPS control system

U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, has been progressing. Developed by Raytheon under contract to the...
electronic devices

The US has been increasing the security arrangements regarding incoming flights - mainly from Muslim Middle Eastern states. Passengers arriving on direct flights from...
small drones

  The US armed forces keep looking for new technologies to counter small drones, as they have become a threat from both law enforcement and...
airport security

The proposed wall along the US-Mexico border has been causing budget cuts in other crucial areas. Three airport security programs put in place after...
remote identification

The US regulation regarding UAVs will have to overcome an important technical hurdle  - remote identification - before the unmanned aerial vehicle industry can...
CIA

New apps enable law enforcement, first responders and security teams to communicate with other team members in a reliable and secure network using a...
imaging technology

The Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, US, debuted its first full-body advanced imaging technology scanning machine recently. The new technology, using an automated target recognition...
combat vehicles

  The demand for unmanned combat vehicles has been urging the industry to shift development programs. BAE Systems has resurrected its Armed Robotic Combat Vehicle...
US Air Force

The Israeli technology that detects debris and damage on airport runways is being operationally evaluated now by the US Air Force. The technology is aimed...
training

Praetorian Digital, a digital media company in the public safety and local government market, recently announced that TASER International has selected the company’s PoliceOne...
US Air Force

The RQ-170 Sentinel is a high altitude and long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the US Air...