Amazon to begin testing same-day delivery drones in Cambridge
Amazon is planning to test drones in Cambridge, England, as the battle to offer consumers same-day deliveries heats up.
The US company announced with considerable...
Disaster prevention along oil and gas pipes
Red Waves Systems is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
Long pipe infrastructure, which could...
DOD civilians can opt out of the Ebola quarantine
Defense civilian workers deployed to West Africa can choose one of two options upon their departure from Ebola-stricken countries, if they do not show...
How hackers wreaked havoc in St. Louis
Anonymous operatives have been terrorizing police officers, officials and residents over the past three months.
The first call came on a Thursday, 12 days after...
The US Army wants lighter tactical radios that won’t overheat on...
The Army has already awarded low-rate production contracts to General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins for just over 5,000 manpack radios.
In a June memo, Maj. Gen. H.R....
UC Santa Cruz Professor Builds Model of Low-Cost Ebola Sensor
A quick, low-cost test for Ebola may be available within a few years, thanks to UC Santa Cruz researcher Ahmet Ali Yanik. Similar to...
iHLS TV – Cyber task force, new UASs, laser-guided artillery shell,...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (11 November 2014):
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force: NCIJTF
New UASs: SpyLite mini and BlueBird
Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided...
Why self-driving buses – not cars – are the future of...
The self-driving car has traveled a long and lonely road to get here. Introduced to the American public by General Motors at the 1939...
Hackers’ New Malware Infects West Pennsylvania Computers, Vexes FBI
Private industry experts said they believe hackers in Eastern Europe devised the malware, and they said it seems ready to blow up across computer...
NSA surveillance is about to go on trial
A federal Appeals Court this week will review the government's controversial domestic spying program that collects the phone records of virtually all Americans, a...
Are the Night Vision Goggles Used in the Bin Laden Raid...
The $65,000 goggles allow SEALs to clear corners better than the traditional night vision eyepieces, which are like “looking through toilet paper tubes.”
L-3’s Ground Panoramic...
The US Army will provide Wi-Fi in West Africa for the...
The Defense Department has started to beef up systems needed to support troops and nongovernmental organizations engaged in the Ebola fight in West Africa,...
UAVs of the future: small, lightweight, silent, stealthy and feature advanced...
AERONAUTICS is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
The name of the game in today’s...
The next big thing to fight hackers? Self-healing computers
Agency networks should be able to not only continuously detect hackers and throttle their destructive tactics — but also robotically bounce back.
“We’ve talked about the...
Firefighters from the US to volunteer in Israel during emergencies
A group of 40 American fighters are enrolled in firefighting studies in Israel. They also joined a program of emergency volunteering in Israel.
Some 40...
GM, University of Michigan to work on connected vehicle corridor
Connected vehicle technology will wirelessly connect vehicles to each other, and to the Internet, with the promise of a reduction in accidents and other...
6 Cities and a county share 311 Data
With the rise of digital, cities are pressed to answer demand for high citizen engagement with minimal - or preferably no- face-to-face involvement. The...
Non-lethal crowd dispersal means: the gaffe
The riots and disturbances in Jerusalem and its outskirts in recent months have one again proven the need for non-lethal crowd dispersal means.
In fact,...
‘Widespread Harm’ likely from cyberattack in next decade
A majority of Internet experts think that by 2025, a major cyberattack will have caused widespread harm to a nation's security and capacity to...
The understated role of the Air Force in the battle against...
With so much misinformation circulating about the scale and domestic danger of the Ebola threat, less attention has been paid to the U.S. military’s...
UAV global market forecast
According to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market research report prepared by Research and Markets, the global UAV market is valued at $6,762 million in...
Homeland Security Steps Up Security at Federal Buildings
The U.S Department of Homeland Security is increasing security at federal buildings as a result of growing concern over lone-wolf terrorist attacks such as...
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This Missile Is Designed to Stay Low, Stay Hidden, and Strike...
Modern armed forces are increasingly looking for strike weapons that can engage targets from long distances without exposing launch platforms to enemy air defenses....
