A New Homeland Security College Founded
Fifteen years after 9/11, the spectre of terrorism remains a global threat and, in response, the University of Albany, New York, announced that it...
Night Vision Equipment Becomes Smaller and Lighter
Night vision technology developers have always aspired to reduce the size, weight and power consumption of the devices worn in the field. Furthermore, researchers...
Are US Elections’ Software Systems Critical Infrastructure?
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering more protections to help states secure voting systems during the November elections. DHS has recently stepped up...
Is ISIL Developing Chemical Weapons Capability?
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and lawmakers expressed concern that Islamic State is moving to develop chemical weapons even as the U.S.-led coalition makes...
Start-Up: Cyber Security Software from Hardware Point of View
It's no news that today institutes from all sectors, international banks to hospitals, are seeking for a complete cyber defense layer. Cyber DriveWare, which...
Egozi’s Fury – Intimate Photos or Road Accidents
By Arie Egozi
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan asked the police to give high priority to the investigation of the telephone stealing from journalist Sharon...
Piaggio Aerospace Aiming at UAV Breakthrough
The Aerospace firm Piaggio announced that it will shortly roll out the second prototype of its P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), to speed...
New Security Scanning Method under Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...
Skin Tattoo Serves to Control Electronic Devices
Researchers from MIT have developed a way to turn your skin into a touch interface for your devices using gold leaf tattoos — and...
US Air Force Looks to Solve Drone Pilot Shortage
The US Air Force has been strengthening its drone warfare options, including drone-pilot training. But the war against ISIS has increased the demand for...
Gun Ownership in the USA – New Findings
Americans own an estimated 265 million guns, more than one gun for every American adult, according to a new survey portraying US gun ownership...
A South African Company Has Developed a New Drone
Paramount Advanced Technologies is developing a Persistent Surveillance Tethered Drone for missions such as border control and anti-poaching. They’re displaying the aircraft at the...
Royal Navy Starts Developing Unmanned Maritime Systems
The UK Royal Navy has tested an unmanned speedboat on the River Thames ahead of the Unmanned Warrior exercise, which takes place off west...
Interception System Suppresses UAV Control in Less than Minute
The Shipovnik-AERO electronic warfare system was presented by the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) at the Army-2016 international military technical forum. The system is...
Growing Role of Video Analytics at the Security and Marketing Sectors
The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its functions have expanded to traffic control and...
New Video Analytics Search Engine
Valossa launched a new video analytics platform, Val.ai, which recognizes people, visual entities, speech and motion. It creates structured metadata for video summarization, discovery,...
National Policy on Biometric Applications Declared in Israel
The national policy on biometric applications was declared in Israel this week. The policy enables the balanced use of biometric applications and their advantages...
IDF to Revolutionize Data Centers Array
Earlier today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that tomorrow it will open it's largest bid in the ministry’s' history. The contestants will be...
AUS&R 2016 – Great Interest in Autonomous Systems Field
AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere.
The convention was a remarkable...
SWAT Team Used Robot to Disarm Suspect
Los Angeles County SWAT team used a robot to snatch a rifle from an attempted murder suspect. Officials said the unprecedented use of the...
New Drone with Robotic Arms for “Hands-On” Operations
A large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to directly accomplish a variety of tasks, was developed by Prodrone Co. The...
Fast Draw – The Next War – Two Options
Last week, the IDF chose to frighten the citizens of Israel, publishing the next war scenario. One could doubt the rationale behind this move,...
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This Upgrade Could Eliminate One of Laser Weapons’ Biggest Weaknesses
High-energy laser weapons are steadily moving from development programs into operational military service, but maintaining them in the field remains a significant challenge. One...
