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Officials, military officers and top intelligence analysts oppose advanced Russian spy planes flying over the United States * These surveillance planes are equipped with...

By 2015 the FBI's facial identification database will store 52 million photos of citizens * Courts forced the FBI to reveal the information to...

The New York police unit in charge of collecting intelligence among local Muslims was shut down. The New York Police Department shut down a special unit operating...

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) joined 31 other organizations in urging the Federal Aviation...

The future combination of cyber warfare and electronic warfare (EW): Lesson learned from an incident involving a U.S. drone brought down by the Russians...

Borders and fences make it difficult for people to infiltrate areas – but they can't entirely prevent it. The same borders, however, severely disrupt...

One marine could control an autonomous, unmanned supply helicopter with an app on his tablet * A new U.S. Navy project. One marine holding a...

Efforts are intensifying to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to protect Illinois...

Governor Andrew Cuomo last week announced that the Department of Motor Vehicles will begin issuing the first New York State emergency management red license...

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism risk insurance quickly became either unavailable or very expensive. Congress reacted by...

Countries do not report stolen or lost passports to Interpol * “This is a threat to civilian aviation security”, according to U.S. DHS experts. Many...

Issues and articles discussed in this episode: HeartBleed - Major, global cyber-security breach discovered Britain's new Porton Man robot tests protective gear mean for soldiers Global Hawk...

Ohio Homeland Security announced Friday the launch of an app designed to make it easier to send tips to law enforcement. The free Safer Ohio...

The NSA knew about and exploited the Heartbleed vulnerability for two years before it was publicly exposed this week, and used it to steal...

Efforts to fix the problematic sense and avoid system on the Triton UAS continue. The U.S. Navy continues to assess its options to replace...

The U.S. intelligence agencies' activities are already infamous, although their depth and scope are not yet clear. According to a Microsoft researcher new encryption...

Issues and articles discussion in this episode: Israeli manufacturers report a growing demand for electro optical payloads for aerostats U.S. Government evaluates aerostat systems for use...

Global Hawk, one of the world's largest drones, collects intelligence and transmits it to ground stations via satellite * The drone's capabilities were demonstrated in a...

Federal Judge Katherine Forrest last week ruled that the Iranian companies which own the 650 Fifth Avenue building in Manhattan must forfeit the property...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: DARPA-sponsored robotics advancements may be used for military purposes U.S. military to deploy more robotic soldiers in the future U.S...

The scale of online sexual abuse of minors is extremely worrying * A special project by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to combat...

The technical details of a "Death Ray" machine may be kept secret by a court order A criminal case in Albany, New York may soon...