FAA launches campaign targeting rookie drone pilots
With the increasing availability of cheap and feature-packed drones, these aircraft have become the ideal stocking-fillers this festive season. The danger is the potential...
Crash of a Jordanian fighter plane whose pilot was captured by...
The main event of the week that ended 2014 was the crash of a Jordanian aircraft in Al-Raqqah and the capture of its pilot...
The U.S and Russia – getting ready for future combat?
According to recent reports, President Vladimir Putin is planning to deploy nuclear missiles and nuclear submarines. There are also reports concerning Russia’s plans to...
US Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV completes maiden flight
The US Navy and Northrop Grumman have successfully completed the debut flight of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter on the navy’s guided-missile destroyer...
Suicide Attacks in 2014: The Global Picture
Since the start of the millennium, suicide attacks have become a common mode of operation for many terrorist groups around the world, particularly Sunni...
Threats against news organizations covering “The Interview” incident investigated by the...
The FBI and DHS issued a joint intelligence bulletin to law enforcement agencies across the country urging them to remain vigilant, citing a series...
US military equipment stockpiled for possible battle vs. ISIS
There are signs that the U.S is preparing a ground offensive against ISIS in Iraq.
The U.S. military has been stockpiling huge quantities of gear...
From cocaine in banknotes to airport bomb detection: chromatography
What could detecting cocaine on bank notes possibly have in common with airport screening?
As some of us just noticed over the holiday season, some...
Will the U.S. Air Force develop a new bomber?
Super-secret next generation bomber that could one day fly without a pilot is in development under a heavy secrecy curtain.
The U.S ministry of defense...
The unmanned aerial sentries of the U.S.-Mexican border
Unmanned air systems (UAS) are very active in controlling the border between the U.S and Mexico
Since 2000, the number of Border Patrol agents on...
Spotlight on Global Jihad December 24-31 2014
Fighting in Iraq and Syria continued in the major battle zones, without significant changes on the ground. A senior Iranian officer in the Revolutionary...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – January 6 2015
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DARPA Taking Inspiration from Birds of Prey to Develop Agile UASs
An Israeli missile...
IBM Study: Number of Cyber Attacks on Retailers Drops by Half
Criminals Still Stole Over 61 Million Customer Records in 2014
According to findings released today by IBM, despite a 50% decline in the number of...
About 40% of lone-wolf terrorists are driven by mental illness, not...
Researchers have long studied the relationship between mental illness and terrorism, particularly lone-wolf terrorists. These cases include persons such as the radical Muslim man...
Experts – police cars should be equipped with advanced cameras
While many drivers put dashboard cameras in their cars, the Israeli police is just in the basic phase of the process to equip its...
Efforts to identify the source of ISIS recent weapons shipments
An unidentified aircraft dropped weapons and equipment for ISIS southeast of Tikrit over the weekend. Western intelligence sources say that there is a concentrated...
Official Report: US Government ‘Not Fully Prepared’ for Nuclear Attacks or...
An official report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the U.S. government is not fully prepared to handle nuclear terrorist attacks...
It’s on the Israeli shopping list – will the budget allow?
The KC-46A Pegasus tanker program hit an important milestone recently with the successful first flight of its engineering test plane.
The Boeing 767-2C, a test...
More streamlined security checks at U.S airports?
Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans are beginning to adjust to less oppressive security checks at airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has...
Aerialtronics and Bosch Security Projects pool their expertise for security “video...
It was recently announced, that two companies, Aerialtronics and Bosch Security Projects, have initiated a strategic cooperation aimed at making “video drones”, or drones...
The IAF’s First Simulator for F-35 Technicians
The first simulator of its kind of technical personnel is currently under construction at the Nevatim Israeli Air Force IAF) base. This IAF base...
U.S airports “Wide Open” to gun smugglers
Six people, including current and former Delta baggage handlers, have been arrested as part of a ring smuggling guns and ammunition on planes from...
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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...
