ODNI crowsources speech-recognition software
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) wants to crowdsource ideas for software that would make human speech recorded in noisy environments more easily...
Troops fighting Ebola will earn up to $400 extra per month
Airmen from the 633rd Medical Group set up tents for a 25-bed hospital to aid Liberian health workers infected with Ebola on October 8...
WideBridge solution: For mission-critical secure broadband services
Elbit Systems WideBridge™ solution provides ease of use secure multimedia and situational awareness services, using FirstNet LTE networks together with LMR networks.
The U.S. Department of...
iHLS TV – New recon UAV, campaign against militants, new head-mounted...
In this weekly report ((14 October 2014)):
Northrop Grumman unveils new reconnaissance UAV
New American internet campaign ridicules militants
Elbit's new head-mounted display for pilots
Cyber attack across...
AUSA 2014
AUSA 2014 is currently being held in Washington until October 15. Having begun yesterday, October 13, the annual meeting and exposition, complete with lectures...
AeroVironment to supply Raven and Puma spare parts to US Army
AeroVironment has been awarded a series of contracts for the supply of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) spare parts to the US Army. The contracts...
Economic warfare on US retail chains: hackers target K-Mart – Part...
Part 2
The first part focused on the initial revelations of the cyber attack, the discovery of the malware (malicious software) by K-Mart’s IT-team and...
How to improve drone strike policy
The initial strikes against the Islamic State in Syria included missiles fired from overhead drones by operators who were hundreds or even thousands of miles away....
Economic warfare on US retail chains: hackers target K-Mart – Part...
Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced last Friday (Oct 10) some of K-Mart's outlets (out of at least 1,200 in the US alone), which is a...
Anti-satellite weapons development stepped up
The US and China are developing weapons systems capable of destroying satellites in space. "This kind of weapon is a game changer," says a...
Law enforcement agencies use technology to compensate for shrinking budgets
With funding shrinking in many sectors of law enforcement, agencies are searching for new ways to operate affordably while maintaining quality standards. Police departments’...
Instant Eye
Developed by Andover, Massachusetts-based Physical Sciences, the Instant Eye aerial drone is designed to improve situational awareness during disaster response efforts.
The GPS-enabled Unmanned Aerial...
Hackers breached US Army network
Gamers targeting Apache helicopter simulators belonging to the US Army hacked into an Army network.
Federal officials have indicted "Xbox Underground", a group of twenty-something-year-old...
Does the intelligence community really get Hadoop?
The intelligence community is collecting more data than ever. But does that mean the intelligence gleaned from these massive new stores of data is...
New generation bunker-busting bombs
The US is secretly developing a new generation of bunker-busters. The prevailing assessment is that these bombs may be required in the framework of...
Multiple intelligence agencies: a blessing or recipe for failure? Part 3
The first part of this series listed the federal and military intelligence organizations and their respective roles. The second part focused on the drawbacks of...
The defense industry is expanding the use of 3D printing
The Pentagon and the defense industry are rapidly expanding the use of 3D printing to make parts and tools for more sophisticated military equipment. The Obama...
New quadcopters arrive just as FAA eases its ban on camera...
Just in time for new US rules allowing drones for movie-making, a Toronto startup is launching a campaign to send swarms of lightweight cameras...
iHLS TV – Ebola, domestic extremism, Shellshock bug, new octocopter and...
In this weekly report (7 October 2014):
Ebola as seen from space
Domestic extremism Summit at the Whitehouse,
Hackers unleash Shellshock bug
New octocopter UAS
Darpa looking into the...
Multiple intelligence agencies: a blessing or recipe for failure? Part 2
The first part in this series on multiple intelligence agencies in the US listed 17 different bodies and cited their huge, cumulative, annual budget...
Da-Vinci, a compact, lightweight VTOL sUAS
Flying Production Ltd., a leader in the design and development of Defense and HLS solutions – including Multi-Rotor Platforms – just announced it will...
Does Israel keep capitulating to foreign demands?
The terrorist organization ISIS might introduce aircraft hijacking as part of its war against the West. Will this new situation provide Israel's Transport Ministry...
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Can AI Spot a Threat Before It Happens?
Modern cybersecurity systems face a scale problem. Networks generate enormous amounts of traffic, and malicious activity may be hidden among millions of ordinary interactions....
