The Russian security market creates joint ventures
Rostec’s Security Technologies and ST Electronics from Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in surveillance, integrated systems for security management, creation...
Military technology is stranger than fiction
They say that need is the father of invention, but an extensive article on the subject of the future battlefield published recently in the...
Israeli Defense System for Aircraft Carrier in India
The Indian Navy has refitted its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya with Barak-1 air defense systems and Russian made AK-630 close-in weapon system for operational...
UK to increase funding to UAVs against terror
Following a recent spate of extremist attacks around the world, the British Prime Minister David Cameron said more money should be spent on unmanned...
UAV Attacks on Terror Organizations – The Other Side
Unmanned aerial vehicles have changed the way the battlefield works nowadays. UAVs have brought man a safer battlefield and allowed different armies to better...
Roboboat Competition Completes its 8th year
The annual RoboBoat Competition for autonomous surface vehicles (AVS) took place in Virginia Beach, Virginia several days ago and hosted 16 teams from the...
MTC to Increase UAV reliability with Redundant Electrical Rotary Servo Actuator
Israeli defense industries are often requested to develop and manufacture systems in a very short time frame. This poses a big problem which intensifies...
Quick Draw – Iran’s smiles have won over Israeli mumbles
When I saw the Irani minister of foreign affairs Zarif standing over the balcony in Vienna, spreading smiles to reporters and communicating with smiles,...
The End of 3D printed weapons?
Today almost anything imaginable can be printed with 3D printing. Usually the prints are done for completely civilian fields, such as printing home untensils...
Detect identify and kill
In current warfare targets in many cases can be hit only in a "window" that is a few seconds in size.
The Rafael Spice-250 gliding...
New Mini Drone with Big Capabilities
The Black Hornet mini drone is not alone. The UAV market is getting smaller as time passes - and this does not mean the volume...
The Importance of Communication in Multinational Military operations
The United States army, which is getting smaller as of late, is inevitably working in close cooperation with various different armies, but working together...
Iron Dome Intercepting UAV
The Rafael Iron Dome rocket interceptor has proved its capability to shoot down unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).This fact already creates interest in many countries.
This...
How much cyber security is too much cyber security?
Large terror organizations, being an important target of world’s intelligence agencies, are well aware of their inferior situation in comparison to the national organizations,...
Israeli technology enlarges flight envelope
Israeli technology used also on civil aircraft that serve as platforms for military systems enhances their capabilities.
Elbit Systems and the regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer...
New material, Graphene, to be tested for improved defense products
The European Defense Agency (EDA) is investigating a new material, Graphene, for applications including camouflage and composites, reports Defense World.
Graphene is a new material...
David’s Sling for export?
Rockets in the hands of armies and terror groups have become a major problem. They are relatively cheap and very deadly.
There are indications that...
Egozi’s Fury: Deal or no Deal. It doesn’t matter to Israel.
By the time this column is published there may be a deal with Iran on its nuclear weapon program, or there won’t. In any...
Israeli Air Force uses UAVs and reconnaissance aircraft in cooperation
The lessons learned from the extensive use of unmanned air vehicles in last summer's "Protective Edge" operation in the Gaza strip were used in...
Emergency response UAV for healthcare and aid
As unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) become a more familiar presence in the skies, new companies are getting in on the action. Krossblade Aerospace Systems, a...
The Race For Personal Flight Vehicles
Another contestant has entered the race for personal flight vehicles to allow a person to travel by hovering at speed. So far, two companies...
3D Printing UAV Parts – Benefits and Dangers
3D printing for everyday use is, for a while now, no distant dream. The field is so developed nowadays that it was only a...
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The Next Big Artillery Upgrade Could Be Putting the Gun on...
Towed artillery remains an important source of battlefield firepower, but modern counter-battery sensors and drones have made staying in one firing position increasingly dangerous....
