US DHS Forming Defences Against IoT Hacks
The American Department of Homeland Security released a few days ago a public statement that it is closely monitoring events arising from the DDoS...
Mega-Drone with Combat Aircraft Capabilities?
The US Marine Corps is in the looking to obtain a mega-drone that can take off and land vertically and deploy aboard ship —...
Elbit Systems’ Subsidiary to Supply Cyber Security Training Platform
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, CYBERBIT Ltd., was awarded a contract to supply its CYBERBIT Range platform to the Cyber Security Training...
Rapid Solution Demanded to Counter Explosive Drones
A US lawmaker is asking the Air Force to expedite its acquisition and development of technology to combat the growing threat of explosive drones...
US Army Develops Electronic Anti-Drone Solutions
The U.S. Air Force recently zapped an Islamic State drone with an electronic weapon, according to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.
The service targeted...
Highly Sensitive Camera will Identify Explosives at Airports
A new technology that claims to be able to identify weapons hidden under people’s clothing as they walk through checkpoints, is currently under trial...
China Shows Serious Intentions in UAV Export Industry
China is aiming to win export contracts for UAVs in Middle-East and African countries. Nanyang Technology is acquiring the Caihong (Rainbow) series of UAVs...
US Navy Presents: Autonomous Squadron
The US Navy will stand up its first unmanned-only aviation squadron in the coming weeks in a formal ceremony, the Navy’s director of air...
My Co-Pilot is a Computer
The ALIAS program of the “digital pilot” technology initiated by US DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has been advancing. ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit...
Cyber Attacks – the Worst is Still Ahead
The coordinated cyber attack that crippled parts of the internet on October 21 highlighted key policy problems, a Stanford cybersecurity scholar said.
Herbert Lin, a...
US Drones – Are They Everywhere?
The Washington Post reported recently that American Air Force Reaper drones began flying out of Tunisian bases in late June of this year and...
Navigation System for Driverless Cars – Alternative to GPS
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals...
UAVs Have Become a Means, Not a Target
The drone industry has been shifting from hardware to the software, imagery and information fields.
$55 million were invested in eight high-risk deals in...
Survival of The Fittest Swat Team
The latest SWAT teams competition, held in the Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center, focused on attention to detail in safety precautions.
Competing in a...
Facebook Enlarging Drone Department
Facebook plans to fly at least one small, wireless drone at an altitude of 400 feet around its headquarters in the coming months. Meaning...
Autonomous Antifouling Solution to Clean Navy’s Submarines
Autonomous systems can contribute to the efficient fight against environmental damage, for the benefit of military vehicles and installations maintenance. A new contract will...
Las Vegas in Need of Federal Counter-Terrorism Assistance
According to many, the American government is failing to provide Las Vegas and other large parts of Nevada with adequate resources to combat terrorism...
NASA’s UAS Program Moving In Fifth Gear
During the following weeks NASA partners will fly five unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), beyond visual line-of-sight of their human operators, to test planning, tracking...
Innovative Laser Weapon – to Equip Aircraft and Drones
General Atomics is to start testing a potentially revolutionary weapon: a 150-kilowatt class laser. It is not the only company developing laser weapons, however,...
IoT Devices Used for Cyber Attack on Twitter, Paypal
A major cyber-attack that used hacked smart devices such as web cameras managed to shut down high-profile websites including Twitter, Spotify and PayPal, as...
Wanted: A Large Ship-Based UAV for Multiple Purposes
The Marine Corps is in the early phases of developing a large Group 5 unmanned aerial system (UAS) that would operate from a ship...
New Excellence Center to Advance Research on CyberSecurity
The University of Connecticut’s (UConn) School of Engineering and Synchrony Financial, a consumer financial services company headquartered in the state, have announced earlier this...
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