Helping The U.S. Navy Launch a New Era In Unmanned Aviation
On July 10th, as part of its Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program, the U.S. Navy completed the first landing of an unmanned...
“Suicide” drones for the US Army
Are tube-fired “suicide” drones the new pocket artillery that will give dismounted troops a smaller footprint and a longer reach? Developers of lethal miniature...
U.S. embassies closed. What happens when pocket nukes are introduced?
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For years now, two world views have been tussling in the international arena: Weak western democracies are on the...
Improving the Army’s Gray Eagle (MQ-1C)
An enhanced version of the MQ-1C version of General Atomics' Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) took to the air July 26, 2013 at the company’s...
The U.S. army quietly preparing for WMDs
The US Army has quietly ordered a study to review how it trains, equips and deploys its 22 chemical battalions in a first thorough...
Israeli gun permits made difficult to attain
In the U.S., in spite of all the deadly and daily incidents, a person can buy a weapon like a sandwich, in Israel, while...
Solar powered UAS
During a keynote at the small unmanned systems business expo in San Francisco, CA., Alta Devices’ CEO, Christopher Norris, explained that small unmanned air systems...
Commercial unmanned air system (UAS) to be operational soon
Insitu is planning to launch the first U.S. commercial unmanned aircraft system operation following receipt of FAA type certification for its ScanEagle UAS on...
The illogical General
Gen. James Mattis, a former Marine and commander of the U.S. forces in the Middle East who recently retired from the military, was known...
The U.S. is worried about its missile defense capabilities
The Pentagon is quickly moving forward with deployments of key radar and missile defense systems to Japan, Guam, Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab...
Can cars be hacked?
In the early hours of June 18th, a Mercedes coupé travelling at an extremely high speed along a Los Angeles street smashed into a...
U.S. port facilities vulnerable to cyber attack!
In a 50-page policy paper just released by the Brookings Institute and authored by Commander Joseph Kramek of the U.S. Coast Guard and a...
U.S navy fights Cyber attacks
U.S. Navy cyber warfare experts are spending as much as $899.5 million and are involving 13 technology companies for integrated cyber operations -- or ways to defend...
Big brother is watching your car in the U.S.
Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology available to law enforcement. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges,...
U.S and South Korea get ready for Bioterrorism
Officials from the United States and South Korea were in Seoul, South Korea last month for the third annual joint anti-bioterrorism exercise in Seoul....
More Crime fighters for Puerto Rico
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is increasing the number of agents and resources assigned to fight crime in Puerto Rico as part of...
New Multi-Intelligence System Tailored for Force Protection
Raytheon Company was awarded a contract with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to build an integrated multi-intelligence (Multi-INT) system to safeguard forward...
France Opts for U.S. Reapers
France has decided to buy two MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long endurance (MALE) drones from the USA, to extend the strategic reconnaissance capability of the...
The X-47 landed on an aircraft carrier
The Northrop Grumman X-47B, an aircraft designed to prove that unmanned jets could operate from aircraft carriers, completed its primary mission Wednesday when it...
Pentagon, White House Outline Policies, Rules of Engagement for Cyber Ops
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy Eric Rosenbach cited Defense Department progress in creating a concept for operating in the newest warfare...
“Cyber Attack on the U.S. Could be Met with Conventional Military...
Cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure or networks could be met with a conventional military response, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army...
Northrop Grumman displays MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance drone in the UK
After avoiding high profile, expensive events such as the Paris Airshow, Northrop Grumman opted to become one of the principal industry sponsors of the 19th annual Waddington...
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The Next Step in Drone Defense: 30 Targets Per Minute
The growing use of drones on the battlefield is creating a new challenge for air defense systems. Small, low-cost drones can operate individually or...
