New Navigation Tool for Autonomous Vehicles
The application of autonomous vehicles has grown dramatically in recent years. Two major functions of autonomous vehicles are positioning and path planning. An indoor...
“Intelligent Guns” Let Users Know if Aiming at Friend or Foe
A Florida-based firm is developing a new technology that assists police and military in differentiating between friendly and enemy forces. The technology is an...
Turkish-US Dispute Again Over S-400 System
Turkey’s increasing closeness with Russia has been driving Washington and Ankara apart on a number of fronts, including military sales and negotiations over the...
Offshore Security Conference: Israel Water Authority Official to Present Security Revolution
The protection of the water, electricity and offshore oil and gas industries has been a major concern of governments especially since the 9/11 terrorist...
Navy to Equip Destroyers With High Powered Lasers
In the relatively near future, the U.S. Navy intends to deploy a laser weapon system aboard one of its destroyer ships.
News.usni.org reports that...
International Cooperation in World’s Largest Cyber Exercise
Coping with current cyber threats often requires a coordinated approach and international cooperation. Cyber drills are seen as a valuable tool for NATO cyber...
New Contract to Develop THAAD Ballistic Missile Interceptors
Lockheed Martin has closed a $2.54 billion contract to build missile defense rocket interceptors for the United States and Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials at...
Boeing to Replace Air Force One With Newer 747s
The United States Air Force is looking to renew their presidential plane, the Air Force One. If all goes according to plan, whoever is...
U.S. Army Looking at Commercial Quadcopter Drones for Soldier Use
In an effort to increase soldier’s situational awareness on the battlefield, the U.S. Army has been looking for production sources and information for consumer...
Robot Companions to Carry Gear for Infantry Soldiers
One of the bigger physical hardships an infantry soldier deals with is the burden of carrying his heavy gear dozens of miles. Soldiers today...
Kalashnikov Expected to Manufacture and Deliver New “Suicide Drone”
Kalashnikov, the company best known for creating and manufacturing the famous AK-47, is now stepping into the drones game.
Kalashnikov has been developing a...
Learning from Bees to Navigate in GPS-Denied Environments
How do you navigate when your GPS system fails? A new, virtual reality system for GPS denied environments mimics nature, and could eventually provide...
Researchers Testing Ways to Hack into Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers at Florida Polytechnic University are creating newly invented cyber attacks as a way to improve the security of cyber-physical systems (CPS). CPSs are...
Several Militaries Compete in an International Sniping Competition
Several units from militaries all over the world recently competed in a special ops sniping competition. Snipers tested their skills in intense events that...
Australia Purchases Advanced Air Missile System
Australia is enhancing its air and missile defense. The national advanced Surface to Air Missile System, NASAMS, was selected for the Australian Government’s Short...
Considerable Boost to Battlefield Intelligence Capabilities
A new reconnaissance vehicle will have new ways to sense and communicate. U.S. military researchers are developing a prototype Armed Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) to...
Communications Giant Applies Smart City Features
Smart City infrastructures can increase citizen satisfaction and economic development, as well as improve safety and sustainability, by enabling improvements across key drivers in...
Vehicle Collision Avoidance Systems Threatened
Deep-learning algorithms excel at using shapes and color to recognize the differences between humans and animals or cars and trucks, for example. These systems...
What Caused Decrease in Military Drone Purchase?
Will the US decrease its reliance on drones in future wars? In fact, new Pentagon documents show the military plans to invest next year...
3D Printing can Bridge the Gap
3D printers have been used to create a wide range of things, from robots to prosthetic arms. Now the U.S. Marines have used the...
Drones – Favorite Counter Drone Swarm Weapon
The threat of swarming drones has become an ever-growing challenge, especially as even small terror and militia groups have managed to weaponize small commercial...
Register! Border, Perimeter & Offshore Security Conference & Exhibition
Attend the leading Border, Perimeter & Offshore Security Conference and Exhibition on May 7, 2019 at the Lago Conference Center, Rishon LeZion West.
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Counter-drone systems are becoming an essential part of military base protection, but knowing whether they will perform as expected during a real attack remains...
