DHS efforts to get intelligence badly affected by deportations of radicals
The U.S DHS counterterrorism teams rely on cooperation from immigrant communities to obtain leads on radical individuals and pending terrorism plots, but many of...
What Fingerprints Can Tell Us
Researchers are taking crime scene fingerprint identification to a new level. They have discovered a straightforward concept for identifying whether a culprit is male...
Thermal Cameras – Will They Prevent Shootouts in Public Places?
Over the backdrop of the shootout attack carried out in a public domain, the city of New Orleans has been considering the use of...
Laser weapons for defending gas production rigs at sea?
One of the threats to the gas pumping rigs off the Israeli shore is from unmanned air systems armed with explosives.
The US Navy is...
First Citywide Testing of Mobile Radiation Sensors Network
An advanced radioactive threat detection system completed its first large-scale citywide testing of more than 1,000 networked, mobile radiation sensors in Washington, D.C.
Several hundred...
iHLS TV – Moshe Patel, on Israel’s Missile Defense Systems
Interview with Col. (Res.) Moshe Patel, Senior Director of C4I Systems at Elbit Systems - Elisra, on Israel's missile defense systems.
Egozi’s Fury – The “Drizzle” from Gaza – A Huge Disgrace
A drizzle that is a Russian roulette - and stupid explanations.
The drizzle (of rockets) has been still going on. For us, who do not...
Seeing through the wall
Camero was awarded a contract to supply XAVER400 Tactical Through-Wall Imaging systems to the Special Forces units of a South American army. This award...
Infrared Imaging To Detect Drones
Too many incidents involving drones being where they shouldn’t raise fears over potential attacks using unmanned aerial systems (UAVs). Infrared thermal imaging could provide...
Generating Targets for the Air Force – The Complicated Task
By Arie Egozi
Many aerial platforms with very sharp-eyed sensors look at the war zone continuously. These platforms, a few hundred or thousand meters above...
Manifestation of a Threat
When an HLS Cyber Threat traverses to the physical domain
In 1995, the movie titled "Virtuosity" was released to the screens, starring Russell Crowe as...
German ‘SmartRadar’ Demonstrates Surveillance Missions
An airborne ground surveillance radar developed by Cassidian (EADS’ defense and security division) was recently demonstrated in flight testing.
The new AESA-based radar is designed...
The New Research Assistant: UAV To Take Gas Samples
Since 1950 there has been a significant rise in greenhouse gas (Methane, Co2 and mostly Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere, influenced by accelerated industrial...
Britain is stepping up the Taranis UCAV development
The concept demonstrator of the British unmanned air combat vehicle (UCAV) has been delivered to a flight test site in Australia and is scheduled...
New American Aircraft Ready for HLS Missions
Textron’s new Scorpion aircraft may begin to perform homeland security missions with its maiden flight is planned for the coming days.
The Scorpion is equipped...
ICT Cyber-Desk Review: Report #9
This report covers the period of April - June 2014, the report covers two main subjects: cyber-terrorism (offensive, defensive, and the media, and the main topics...
Russia Offers Iran New Replacement for S-300
Moscow made a new attempt to dodge a $4-billion lawsuit from Tehran over a failed deal to supply S-300 missile systems by offering another...
AUS&R 2014 Event – Unprecedented attendance of 3500 Visitors
The conference and exhibition attracted more than 3500 visitors.
Media representatives from all over the world "stormed" the AUS&R 2014 event yesterday, in a way...
Critical Infrastructure Protection against Cyber Threats
By Lior Tabansky
INSS – Cyber Warfare Program
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Introduction
A functioning modern society depends on a complex tapestry of infrastructures: energy, communications, transportation, food, and many others....
U.S. will use a more assertive cyber defense posture
Recent cyberattacks and intrusions by hackers, operating alone or backed by nation-states, have prompted the Pentagon and DHS to reaffirm their commitment to upholding...
Israeli Minister Gilad Erdan: “Israel is Iran’s Main Target”
"Israel is Iran's main target, and we won't wait until the knife is at our throat before we cry out,” said Home Front Defense...
American DHS Preparing for Nuclear Attack Scenario
The possibility of an improvised nuclear attack scenario is worrying the American defense agencies. The US Department of Homeland Security published a new guide...

















































