High-Tech Giants Pledge $1bn To Create “Altruistic AI”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) carries with it the promise to transform our lives. Sadly, it also harbours many risks.
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been...
Watch Parrot’s New Drone Flying At 80 km/h
Parrot has created a unique drone that can fly for 45 minutes on a single charge and reach speeds up to 80 kilometers per...
New Armor Piercing Bullet Inflicts Heavy Damage
A newly developed bullet from G2 Research is being billed as the last round a gun owner will ever need: a smashing hunk of...
Turkish Drone Anka Is Ready For Take-Off
The Anka, a medium-altitude, long-endurance drone developed by Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) made its debut missionary flight, Turkish aerospace officials said. The Anka is...
Chinese UAVs See Action In Myanmar
In recent years, China has been putting the pedal to the metal in drone development and production. Chinese civilians drones are everywhere, far outpacing...
Typhoon Expanding into Multi-Role Weapon Stations
RAFAEL is unveiling at IMDEX 2013 a new missile-carrying variants of the Typhoon marine stabilized weapon system. Defense-Update reports from IMDEX 2013.
Two systems -...
The Flaws In The System: Fingerprint Biometric Security
Maxim Rupp, a information security researcher for the german company Cure53, has managed to penetrate the bimetric security of the Taiwanese company Chiuy Technology....
Airbus To Release Anti-UAV System
Many defence experts are worried about the increasing prevalence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and their potential to be used for spying or terrorist...
New Weapons Coming Into Play: Is The US Ready?
According to a new Air Force study, the US is vulnerable to future attack by hypersonic missiles from China and Russia.
An executive summary of...
Nanoradar system for UAVs collision avoidance set for 2016
Incidents of collision between drones and planes continue to trouble pilots as well as development companies who work tirelessly to find the most efficient...
US Army Picks New Pistol
The U.S. Army recently awarded Sig Sauer a contract worth $580 million to make the next service pistol based on the company's P320 handgun....
FAA investigating armed drone video
An 18-year-old from Connecticut has posted a video on YouTube showing a small drone hovering about ten of fifteen feet above ground in a...
Israeli “Air Force One” Revived?
By ARIE EGOZI
Can Israel afford an "Air force one" style aircraft? Sources say that the moment of decision is "approaching fast".
There is no doubt...
Is Boeing’s Next Development An Air-To-Water Drone?
Unmanned machines suited for both land and water are nothing now, but a patent filing from earlier in the year indicates that someone at...
Solar Drones To Function As Satellites
That is the vision of Alliance Lp Drones, a company with innovative approach.
Alliance Lp Drones Ltd., was founded in 2012 and a year later made...
Spotlight on Global Jihad: February 5-11 2015
Main events of the week
Following the murder of the Jordanian pilot, the Royal Jordanian Air Force carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS targets in...
Autonomous Intrusion Detection Drone
Intrusion detection can be done with a variety of systems, from cameras to radar to human guards. Each approach has its advantages and limitations....
U.S. sanctions harm Russian weapons corporation
In response to the Obama administration’s latest Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia that bars imports of Russian-made Kalashnikov AK-47s and other rifles using Kalashnikov action...
Israeli Startup Offers Smarter Use Of Security Cameras
There are around 200 million security cameras all around the world broadcasting pieces of information in any given moment. A young new startup was...
An Inventive Solution For Smart City Infrastructure
According to data from the ministry of national infrastructure, by 2030 the population in cities of the world is expected to grow to 5...
Religious War Is Already Here (Again)
Mendi Safadi
In order to understand the events we are experiencing in the Middle East in general and in Israel in particular, we must...
British ISIS Fighters Killed By Drone, Cellphone Reveals Location
Two British ISIS jihadists were blitzed by a drone controlled by RAF in Syria after one of them phoned friends in the UK, revealing their location...
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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials
Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...
