Next Stage of Maritime Unmanned Vehicles Program
A UK program achieves progress in the use of unmanned vehicles and autonomous systems in the maritime arena. The Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE)...
Big Data Policing Dilemma
This is the era of big data policing, to a large extent, aimed at determining where to allocate police presence. Predictive policing technology uses...
New Game-Changer in Less-Lethal Munitions for Law Enforcement
A new munition product addressing the less-lethal market was recently launched. The patented technology allows for delivering a significantly greater kinetic energy in a...
U.S. Offers Counter-Terror Training Programs
Last September, al Shabaab gunmen attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 70 people. In response, the FBI secured operational resources...
Wishing You Well Over the Fast
On Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), iHLS wishes you and your families well over the fast.
G'mar Hatimah Tovah, may you be signed and sealed...
Advanced Technology to Enable Drone Integration in Airspace
An advanced Detect and Avoid (DAA) capability is now ready to field in real-world operations after test flights in Australia demonstrated enhanced detection ranges...
New Mapping and Surveillance Drone Offers Speedier and Longer Missions
A new drone, the Borey-10 unmanned fixed-wing aircraft, allows a user to assemble the UAV in about 10 minutes, it is easily transported and launched...
Machine Learning Revolutionizes Navy Helicopters Landing on Ships
One of the most difficult tasks for Navy pilots is landing a helicopter on a ship. Those involved have to be incredibly coordinated and...
AI-Powered Autonomous Flight System Could Soon be Integrated in Air Force
The US Air Force (USAF) has given the green light to Merlin’s airworthiness plan for testing its autonomous flight system, Merlin Pilot, on the...
New Pistol to Revolutionize Close-Quarter Combat
US Army soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan have been gaining more than a decade of experience in close-quarter combat, an ability to maneuver...
Fateh-313 Missile In Lebanon? Probably Very Soon
Israeli sources said that it is very likely that Teheran will soon transfer its new surface - surface ballistic missile to the Hezbollah in...
New UAS Strategy to Provide Better Deterrence?
Unmanned aerial vehicles could take a more decisive role in the defense of US assets. A new study claims that a coherent US and...
Possible Sale of Patriot Missiles to Kuwait
Kuwait may enhance its air defense capabilities soon. The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the...
Java poses the biggest security risks to PCs in US
Oracle Java is of among the most popular software ever installed in personal users’ systems in the US. In 2014, Java was installed on 65 percent...
Israel’s Policies during Operation “Protective Edge” – Defeat? Deterrence? Settlement?
Dr. Boaz Ganor
Operation “Protective Edge” began on July 8, 2014 in light of the serious escalation in rocket fire directed at Israel from the...
FBI Wants Your Search History
The Obama administration is seeking to expand the investigatory powers given to the FBI and amend surveillance legislation to give the Bureau explicit authority...
Latest Pilot Helmets Provide Innovative New Point Of View
The U.S. Department of Defense is upgrading the "look and shoot" helmet displays used by F-35, F-15, F-16 and F-18 pilots. F-35s are getting the...
European Space Agency Will Use AI to Tackle Space Dangers
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it will use artificial intelligence to reduce space garbage and protect infrastructure from space-based threats like space...
The Changing of the Tide in the Syrian Civil War
By Itamar Rabinovich
The tide is changing in the Syrian civil war. Bashar al-Assad and his regime are gaining momentum, the opposition is weakening, and...
The Face of the Bubbling Armed UAV Industry
The extensive use of drones by the US in Iraq and Afghanistan has raised debates over issues like civilian deaths, international law, efficacy of...
Lockheed Martin to Develop Demonstrator for Supersonic Commercial Travel
Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. NASA awarded Lockheed Martin Skunk Works a contract to design, build and flight test the Low-Boom Flight...
Egozi: The Annual Purim Debacle – Firecrackers Are Explosives
By Arie Egozi
It is hard to understand how a state like Israel, maintaining intense security measures in its airports and ports is unable to...
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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...
