Training people to fight terrorism – a new U.S. initiative
Secretary of State John Kerry, in a Friday speech to the Global Counterterrorism Ministerial Forum, unveiled a new U.S. initiative to address the root...
The race between Cyber tools budgets and the approval process in...
U.S Air Force officials are working to develop an “effective” procurement model for buying equipment and services related to activities in the cyber domain,...
Star Wars weapons? Scientists create ‘lightsaber’ molecules
Don't expect to begin your Jedi training any time soon, but scientists have created molecules that, in effect, behave like the deadly "Star Wars"...
Iran hacked U.S. Navy Computers
U.S. officials revealed that Iran hacked unclassified Navy computers in recent weeks in an escalation of cyber attacks against U.S. infrastructures.
The Wall Street Journal...
Taking pictures of earth from 36.000 km in space
Operational imaging intelligence satellites see the earth from altitudes of 400-600 Km. Now the challenge is to collect intelligence from an altitude of 36.000...
Biometric exits at U.S. airports are a big headache
A top official at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cautioned that a biometric exit system at airports could be a vast waste of money...
Predator UAS Saves Life in Rim Fire Disaster Relief Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that a MQ-1 Predator unmanned air systems (UAS) successfully supported firefighters in their efforts to contain California’s Rim Fire,...
NASA, Homeland Security Test Disaster Recovery Tool
NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind portable radar device to detect the heartbeats and breathing patterns of...
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes 1st Pilotless Flight
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next generation of combat training...
JFK Airport Customs are a drag on the economy
Customs at JFK Airport are hurting the region’s economy says U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, who issued a personal appeal to the Department of Homeland...
Critical infrastructure risks in the U.S. still high
Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure (CI) in the U.S. is up — way up, particularly in the energy sector. The Department of Homeland Security's...
Iran’s Great Shiite Fleet
Iran is significantly expanding its naval capabilities as the U.S. Navy removes one of its two aircraft carriers from the Persian Gulf due to...
New UAS design to have 120 hours endurance
Israeli manufacturers are trying to extend the endurance of their of unmanned air systems (UAS). In the meantime the U.S. Aurora Flight Science’s Orion...
A Robotic Security Vehicle was tested at the Daytona Beach International...
A team of Embry-Riddle students and faculty has successfully tested a fully autonomous perimeter-patrol system at Daytona Beach International Airport. It is believed to...
Hacking U.S. Secrets, China Pushes for Drones
For almost two years, hackers based in Shanghai went after one foreign defense contractor after another, totalling at least 20 in all. Their target,...
Cyberweapons likely to be big part of any U.S. – Syria...
A U.S. led military attack on Syria may have been averted, at least for a while, by the Russian proposal to negotiate the transfer...
The Disarmament Agreement on Syria’s Chemical Weapons, Act I: A Win-Win...
By Amos Yadlin
The agreement on Syria’s chemical weapons, reached between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and reported...
U.S. Homeland Security launches smartphone app to catch predators
Homeland Security Investigations developed app, so citizens can report child sexual abuse with a swipe and a tap. Federal investigators want to enlist every American...
UAVs in the service of Homeland Security
By David Behr
Armies all over the world have been using UAVs for decades. The U.S. Army leads the way with their use in Iraq...
U.S Navy autonomous aerial refueling tests underway
The Navy continues to demonstrate multiple technologies that promise to significantly increase the endurance and range of carrier-based unmanned aircraft.
As part of the Unmanned...
NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users
The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption by...
U.S. Company to Design Network Infrastructure for NATO Headquarters
Lockheed Martin has been selected to design the Active Network Infrastructure (ANWI) for NATO’s new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. This contract, worth more than...
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$20 Million in Sight: New Partnership Targets the Smart Sensing Market
Protecting borders, critical infrastructure, and transportation corridors is becoming increasingly challenging as the number of threats and users operating within these environments continues to...
