US military planes arrive at epicenter of Ebola
Monrovia, Liberia: Six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone Thursday with more Marines, as West Africa's leaders pleaded for the world's...
FBI and Secret Service Team Up to Educate Private Sector on...
FBI Executive Assistant Director Robert Anderson speaks on cyber security during a joint FBI/U.S. Secret Service presentation before the Financial Services Roundtable that was...
Space Situational Awareness Agreement Signed
The U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defense and Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries...
Fire Scout UAV joins LCS
The U.S. Navy is sending one of its LCSs (Littoral Control Ship) to the West Pacific equipped with four MQ-8B Fire Scout UAVs on...
Golani “Mental trainer”
IDF's Golani Brigade has begun using Neurofeedback a in the framework of training. This innovative treatment tool is designed to train combat fighters in...
All Los Angeles Police Officers to Wear Body Cameras by 2016:...
All 7,000 officers of Los Angeles police are to be outfitted with body cameras by 2016, the city's Mayor Eric Garcetti announced, following mass unrest across the United States caused...
Situational Awareness System in GPS-Denied Environments
Many capabilities of the dismounted forces depend on GPS navigation. But what happens in GPS-denied environments? Forces operating in urban, indoor or underground operations...
Facial Recognition Technology Helps Law Enforcement
New York City has been employing facial recognition technology extensively. The technology has helped lead to the arrest of more than 4,000 people involved...
The Changing Reality – The Defense Budget Shift to HLS
The thin line, between defense and homeland security (HLS). This line is becoming more of an issue as budgets are being channeled to what in the...
Despite Counter Attacks, Terror Levels Are As High As Ever
Earlier this month the U.S. Committee for Homeland Security has published a report that brought no good news. According to the report, the terror...
Useless forces of a useless organization
The UN is a useless organization supplying jobs around the world. In this weird situation the organization's "Peace keeping" forces are a bad joke.
The...
Egozi’s Fury
The recent terrorist activities, in the West Bank are being referred to as “unrelated incidents” by the authorities. This nonsense is all over the...
Fast Draw: Closing the Homeland Defense Ministry
Too little, too late. Finally the minister holding the empty title of “homeland defense” realized that it's a bad joke, a dangerous state of...
Fast Draw: Israeli Response – Not Aggressive Enough
Unbelievable. “The IDF raises the level of response,” or “There are several more levels for the Air Force's response.”
You heard it. Israel is still...
How Advanced Can Iran’s Military Capabilities Get?
Since 1992, Iran has manufactured its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, radars, boats, submarines, and fighter planes.
Iran is increasing its might in the...
Watch: RAF Bombs Islamic State Oilfield
British fighter jets targeted another Syrian oilfield during the second combat sortie from the British base in Cyprus over the weekend.
Typhoons and Reaper Unmanned...
Fast Draw – Israel And Turkey Reach an Agreement
Arie Egozi
Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement for normalizing their relations. This is definitely a good thing, but the Israeli government has a...
Dilemmas of Warfare in Densely Populated Civilian Areas
By Brig. Gen. (ret.) Moshe (“Chico”) Tamir
INSS - Military and Strategic Affairs Program
This essay attempts to present operational perspectives on conducting warfare in densely...
Cartels Cut Hole In US-Mexico Border Fence
Criminals working for criminal cartels have cut a hole in a stretch of the fence along the US-Mexican border in Arizona, National Border Patrol...
Seeing through the wall
Camero was awarded a contract to supply XAVER400 Tactical Through-Wall Imaging systems to the Special Forces units of a South American army. This award...
Rio Olympic games – more security following Boston
Rio Olympic organizers announced that security is “a top priority” as the city prepares for the 2016 Games. This follows the Boston bombing.
Israeli security...
WATCH: DAVE2 – Nvidia’s Self-Driving Car
Network World brings us news of an electric car that teaches itself to see and steer. An engineering team at Nvidia - known primarily...
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A New Airborne Detection System Could Expand Underwater Tracking Capabilities
Detecting objects beneath the ocean surface remains one of the most difficult challenges in maritime sensing. Water limits the effectiveness of many conventional detection...
