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...
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...
Zeppelin Prototype Damaged Causes Helium Leak
A Soviet-born entrepreneur’s $35 million zeppelin prototype was punctured by falling debris from a partial roof collapse at a hangar in California, triggering a...
The Libyan Defense Market Lures U.S. Companies
The Libyan government wants U.S. made military hardware.
Libya is becoming a prime market for U.S. contractors as a country rich in natural resources and...
Security Analysts Are Worried About al Shabaab
The recent deadly Westgate Mall attack in Kenya should worry the United States. It proved that al Shabaab can execute a difficult operation, according...
Turkey and NATO – a Shameful Paradox
Turkey has decided to take every opportunity to show the U.S. and NATO that its membership in the organization sets no limits on Ankara's...
Israeli Access Control Solution Wins U.S. Security Award
Entering the office isn't usually perceived to be the most exciting part of the work day, especially if the security level at said office...
INSS Global Cyber Review – October 2013
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Hacking U.S Secrets, China Pushes for Drones plan
The NY Times published on September 20, 2013 that for approximately two years, hackers based in Shanghai...
Israeli Offers an Advanced Aircraft to the U.S. Army
An American company owned by Israeli Abraham Karem offers an advanced tiltrotor the U.S. army.
Karem Aircraft is owned by, an aviation expert who designed...
U.S. Drones to Monitor North Korean Skies
Next year the U.S. military will begin flying Global Hawk (UAS) unmanned air surveillance systems from Japan on missions to monitor North Korea, as...
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Soldiers Could Soon Wear Battlefield AI on Their Wrists
Modern soldiers can receive information from drones, sensors and other units, but getting that data to the person who needs it becomes difficult when...
