In the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Yemen’s Search for Stability
The transition government and the international community’s efforts to preserve Yemen’s unity and strengthen the legitimacy of its institutions and sovereignty were, to a...
ISIS: Main developments in Iraq
Low-intensity fighting continued this week at the various battle sites, with no significant developments. ISIS’s efforts to establish its military and administrative control over...
The Iranian Nuclear Crisis and the U.S. Administration
The Dilemma of Sanctions in Light of the Effort to Promote an Agreement
In his State of the Union address on January 20, 2015, President...
Spotlight on Global Jihad: January 22-28 2015
Main events of the week
On the morning of January 27, 2015, a shooting attack took place at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, were...
The international campaign against ISIS
Attacks by the US and the coalition in Syria and Iraq
U.S. and coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continued during the week. This week...
Cyber attacks on drones
The number of missions unmanned systems are tasked with, as well as their diversity, is expanding each year. The roles they play include a...
Loaded weapons in U.S. airports
Passengers in the U.S are trying to fly well armed.
In 2014, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it seized 2,212 firearms in carry-on bags...
The Danger of small unmanned aerial systems
There is currently no available off-the-shelf technology to cope with the danger posed by small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - aka drones.
According to experts,...
A single DDoS attack can cost a company more than $400,000
According to the results of a study conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on a company’s...
Yemen: A Mirror to the Future of the Arab Spring
Ethnic, political, and religious rifts make Yemen one of the most complex arenas in the Middle East, even more so following the eruption of...
A new Air Force One
After long discussions and evaluations, the US Air Force has selected the Boeing 747-8 as the President's next official plane.
The Pentagon has announced the...
Ahead of the curve
The Republic of South Korea recently released its 2015 Defense White paper assessing the current threat from North Korea. In its report, the South...
New Mobile biometric device expedites identity matching
The Stockton (California) Police Department (SPD) has been quietly testing a state-of-the-art Mobile Biometric Device (MBD) technology for the past four years. Designed quickly...
Prisons – “greenhouses” for terrorists
Experts say that after the terror attacks in Paris, there is a need to monitor not only mosques known for extremist views, but also...
Military UAV breaks flight time record
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and variants of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) recently achieved flight-time milestones, their manufacturers announced.
According...
China hacked U.S classified systems and stole F-35 data
China obtained more than 50 terabytes of data from U.S. defense and government networks, notably the Joint Strike Fighter’s stealth F-35 radar and engine...
The Indian UAS Market is Heating Up
The Indian market for UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) is heating up - AeroVironment’s Raven will be manufactured in India
According to AeroVironment' website, the Raven...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – January 27 2015
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Businesses brace for more sophisticated, cyberattacks in 2015
Is the Biometric Storage Safe?
ISIS...
A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Cyber Information Sharing
The emergence of the cyber threat phenomenon is forcing organizations to change the way they think about security. One of these changes relates to...
Small UAS sold freely: major risk
"This is a threat many worldwide prefer not to deal with," say Israeli experts in response to the incident in which a drone landed...
FAST DRAW – Coalition against ISIS – the facts
Ineptness and hypocrisy. You can change the order but the result will still be the same. The coalition force operating against ISIS in Syria...
ISIS Update – First Half of January 2015
Main developments in Syria and Lebanon
Fighting between the forces of the Syrian regime and ISIS operatives in the area of the Deir al-Zor airfield...
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New Air Defense Missile Debuts with a Distinctive Wingless Design
Modern air-defense networks face an increasingly diverse set of threats. Combat aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, and tactical ballistic missiles can approach from different altitudes...
