Navigation System for Driverless Cars – Alternative to GPS
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals...
UAVs Have Become a Means, Not a Target
The drone industry has been shifting from hardware to the software, imagery and information fields.
$55 million were invested in eight high-risk deals in...
Egozi’s Fury – Stupidity and Audacity at Sinai Beaches
By Arie Egozi
“It’s so much fun here in Sinai. A cheap vacation. It’s not more dangerous than in Jerusalem” - that was more or...
Security Vs. Privacy – Standards for Surveillance Cameras in Public Places
Surveillance cameras guidelines were issued in the UK in order to assure that the public is protected, but not spied on. Surveillance Camera Commissioner...
Autonomous Vehicles – An Aproaching Reality
Tesla recently announced that in a short period of time, vehicles will have full self-driving capability, but, according to a RAND Corp. expert there’s...
Russia is Trying to Penetrate Egyptian Weapons Market
Egypt is interested in the procurement of Buk-M3 Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) from Russia.
The parties still need to agree on volumes, terms of performance and...
UK Looking to Regulate Drone Flight to Enhance Aviation Safety
UK ministers have ordered the Department of Transport (DoT), the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to start testing what...
Autonomous Systems Technology will Help Clear Marine Mines
The UK and France have been cooperating in a Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) program based on unmanned vehicle technology. On the 20th of...
Survival of The Fittest Swat Team
The latest SWAT teams competition, held in the Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center, focused on attention to detail in safety precautions.
Competing in a...
Safran Identity & Security – Vast Array of Identity Management Security...
Safran Identity & Security (previously known as Morpho) is a world leader in the security sector, combining several key areas of expertise to give...
Russia Developing Anti-UAS Weapon
The Russian government is backing a military research project to develop a microwave-based weapon designed to take out unmanned enemy drones from up to...
Facebook Enlarging Drone Department
Facebook plans to fly at least one small, wireless drone at an altitude of 400 feet around its headquarters in the coming months. Meaning...
Autonomous Antifouling Solution to Clean Navy’s Submarines
Autonomous systems can contribute to the efficient fight against environmental damage, for the benefit of military vehicles and installations maintenance. A new contract will...
Las Vegas in Need of Federal Counter-Terrorism Assistance
According to many, the American government is failing to provide Las Vegas and other large parts of Nevada with adequate resources to combat terrorism...
Australian Government Networks Have Been Attacked
According to recent reports, the Australian government networks are at risk of cyber-attacks. previous incidents include foreign spies had hacking into the Bureau of...
Quantum RGB – Creating Quantum Leap in Biometric Technology and Video...
Quantum RGB uses near real-time video feeds from standard third-party cameras or recorded video repositories to create a robust “QuantumID” for each person of...
NASA’s UAS Program Moving In Fifth Gear
During the following weeks NASA partners will fly five unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), beyond visual line-of-sight of their human operators, to test planning, tracking...
Innovative Laser Weapon – to Equip Aircraft and Drones
General Atomics is to start testing a potentially revolutionary weapon: a 150-kilowatt class laser. It is not the only company developing laser weapons, however,...
IoT Devices Used for Cyber Attack on Twitter, Paypal
A major cyber-attack that used hacked smart devices such as web cameras managed to shut down high-profile websites including Twitter, Spotify and PayPal, as...
Islamic State Group – In Search of Financial Resources
The Islamic State group has been recently losing access to the sources of revenue that once gave them their power, prompting them to turn...
Wanted: A Large Ship-Based UAV for Multiple Purposes
The Marine Corps is in the early phases of developing a large Group 5 unmanned aerial system (UAS) that would operate from a ship...
New Tele-Robotics System to Be Tested In Japan
Japanese tele-robotics company V-Cube Robotics (VRJ) has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore’s H3 Dynamics to roll out the company’s DRONEBOX drone deployment base...
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A New Flight Simulation System Models the Chaos of Wildfires
Training helicopter pilots for wildfire missions is particularly difficult because the environment itself is constantly changing. Smoke, shifting winds, rising heat, and the interaction...
