CNN Launches UAS Systems for Newsgathering
CNN announced the launch of CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (CNN AIR). For the first time in the company’s history, CNN will have a...
New Solution for UAV Tracking
NASA has designed an innovative antenna-mounting platform that meets the needs of the unmanned aircraft market by providing a low-cost, low-power mobile auto-tracking antenna....
In-Flight Security Officers on board US-Cuba Flights
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement which will allow federal air marshals on board...
Drone Visual Line of Sight Restriction Delays Medical Delivery
San Francisco based robotics startup Zipline will test drone delivery of medical supplies to remote U.S. regions. The Deliveries will include lifesaving blood, medicine,...
Extra Caution Required Regarding Relations with Turkey
By Arie Egozi
The confirmation of the conciliation agreement with Turkey forces Israel to take an “examining” stance towards the defense relationship with this country,...
India Denies Predator UAV Purchase
The Indian government has denied any plans to purchase the US-developed Predator drones.
The statement comes as a surprise considering previous reports suggesting that India's...
3-D Printer Plastic Firearm Confiscated in Airport
Airport screening agents at Reno’s International Airport in Nevada confiscated a plastic handgun produced with by a 3-D printer from a man’s carry-on luggage....
Better Communication for First Responders
First responders often have trouble communicating with each other in emergencies. They may use different types of radios, or they may be working in...
Artificial Intelligence UAV Defeats Human Pilot in Simulation
Artificial intelligence (AI) won air combats in a high-fidelity simulator aganist human pilots.
The AI was recently assessed by subject-matter expert and retired United...
Drones Instead of Engineers in Effort to Find Landslides
Drones help protect West Virginia from landslides.
Woolpert Inc., a Beavercreek-based engineering firm, says its UAS are now monitoring landslide areas in northern West...
Farewell Remote Controllers, Hello Brain Controlled UAV’s
A new research out of Arizona State University with DARPA funding.
Using a skullcap fitted with 128 electrodes wired to a computer, researchers are able...
Delivering Medical Samples, UAVs Save Lives
Michigan-based Vayu, Inc. made history when it completed the first ever series of long-range, fully autonomous drone flights with blood and stool samples this...
New Publication: US Drone Anti-Terrorist Attack Policy
The White House has released an edited version of President Barack Obama's once-secret policy on using drone aircraft to combat terrorists around the world,...
New Stats Regarding Mobile Security
Enterprises continue to fail when it comes to protecting corporate data on mobile apps and devices, according to the Mobile Security and Risk Review,...
How to Manage a Cybersecurity Emergency Event?
A mission form the Israeli Public Security Ministry recently visited an emergency center in the US in order to learn more about methods to...
UAS with High Resolution Cameras to Iraq
Iraq is to acquire the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a USD8.3 million deal announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Insitu...
Smart Watches Hacking Showcased by Chinese Hackers
Until not long ago China was reluctant to open to the developments in the Internet shpere. However, in recent years this country has been...
Autonomous Robotic Submarines participated at Student Competition
Student-designed-and-built autonomous robotic submarines had to complete a difficult series of visual- and acoustic-based tasks in the international competition RoboSub held in San Diego,...
Initiatives for Safely Operating Multiple Drones
Last week the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted the first-ever Workshop on Drones and the Future of Aviation, which gathered...
Uniform of The Future – Breathable and Protective
In work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a group of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has created a material...
What’s Behind the Corner? Imaging System will Know
A time-of-flight imaging system enables the indirect observation of hidden scenes via computational back-projection. Applications for this non-line-of sight technology range from small scenes...
Cyber Knowledge Can Get You Brand New SUV, for Free
Two men jailed in Houston and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may have exploited an electronic vulnerability...
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