USA
The Thin Line Between Army and Police in the U.S.
The adoption of military gear by local police departments across America – some call it the “militarization” of American police – has been going...
U.S. Considers Lifting Ban Blocking Libyans Training in U.S.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is quietly considering lifting a long-standing ban on Libyans coming to the U.S. for training in the aviation...
Kenya Receives U.S-Made Bomb Detection and Disposal Equipment
The Kenyan Police Service (KPS) has taken delivery of United States-made bomb disposal equipment for use in anti-terror operations by the Criminal Investigations Department...
U.S. Army Battle Lab Presents new UGV’s
The U.S. Army is testing a variety of unmanned ground vehicles to see how well they can fire weapons and carry the load for...
Did Terrorists Test Airplane Security?
A memo written by the U.S. Airways Pilot Association described a possible "dry-run" for a future terrorist attack that occurred on Flight 1880 on...
Under Development – An Advanced Unmanned Helicopter
Positioning itself for future Army contracts, Sikorsky Aircraft says it is developing an unmanned helicopter sophisticated enough to skim treetops, negotiate emerging obstacles and...
DARPA and U.S Army Researchers Work on New IED-Proof Vehicles
The U.S. army has an urgent need for a vehicle that can protect its passengers from improvised explosive devices (IED).
Over the next 18 months,...
Lockheed Martin to Continue Supporting U.S. Army’s PTDS System
Lockheed Martin will continue to support a tethered aerostat-based system that provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance for warfighters in Afghanistan. The U.S. Army...
TALON, Most Widely Used Robot Across the Globe
QinetiQ North America’s Talon robot is now actively being deployed in 30 countries globally including U.S., Europe and Africa. Since its introduction more than...
Unmanned Aircraft Take First Steps Into Civil Airspace
Slowly but surely, unmanned aircraft systems(UAS) are entering the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). For the first time, aircraft have flown commercially into remote...
U.S. Homeland Security to Operate Air Force Border Blimps
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will take over control of the fleet of aerostat radar systems along the U.S.-Mexico border. Until now...
Joint U.S. Russian Effort to Defend Earth Against Asteroids
U.S. scientists are “itching” to work with their Russian counterparts in putting nuclear weapons technology to use in new systems to defend Earth from...
New U.S. Long-Range UAVs to Launch from Small Ships
A U.S. military research program, that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be launched and recovered from relatively small...
US Defense Budget Cuts Causes Army Ground Vehicle Program To Close
In a surprise announcement with serious implications for the US Army’s ground vehicle industrial base, BAE Systems announced that it is shutting its Sealy,...
Another Slap in The Face from Turkey to the West
Some might call Turkey’s attempt to humiliate Washington and the West a slap in the face from a major member of NATO.
The Turkish Government...
U.S Air Force Seeks UAV Common Sense-and-Avoid System
U.S. Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts are looking for defense contractors able to design an airborne sense-and-avoid system that could be installed...
Israeli and American Companies Team Up to Provide CBRN Filtration
Beth El Industries and DRS Technologies have entered into a teaming agreement to support the U.S. market for CBRN filtration. Beth El will be...
Drone Strikes Effective for Counterterrorism, but Not Counterinsurgency
As a tool against counterinsurgency, air strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles have limited effectiveness--but there's reason to think that drone strikes "might achieve their...
Iron Man – Not Just Science Fiction
Scenes from science fiction movies are slowly but surely becoming a reality. U.S. Scientists are working on next-gen combat gear for soldiers inspired by...
FBI Claims That Israel Conducted Aggressive High Tech Espionage Campaign on the U.S.
By Ami Dor-On
The FBI’s Assistant Director in charge of the counterintelligence Division testified to a U.S. Congress committee that “Israel is looking for business...
NSA Tried to Crack U.S. Funded Anonymity Protection System
The National Security Agency (NSA) has repeatedly tried to develop attacks against people using Tor, a software tool designed to protect online anonymity –...
The U.S Shutdown is a Cyber Intelligence Security Risk
The government shutdown increases the risk of a cyber attack against the U.S. due to the fact that many workers who monitor threats have...
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