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small UASs

Countering small UASs (unmanned aerial systems) to help protect warfighters has become a growing need recognized by the US defense administration. DARPA (Defense Advanced...
police officers

Over the last several years, the number of ambushes on police officers in the US has increased dramatically. One of the vulnerabilities threatening officers’...
submarines

The US Navy’s accelerated integration plan of new commercial hardware and software into its submarine fleet is suited for the technologies woven into the...
north korea

By Arie Egozi The US has only a few options at the still verbal conflict with North Korea. In the aftermath of Obama’s eight-year presidency,...
communications technologies

A couple of noteworthy communications technologies were recently examined by a first responder agency that evaluated them for public safety use. The US Department of...
facial recognition

The facial recognition market size is estimated to grow from $3.35 billion in 2016 to $6.84 billion by 2021, according to MarketandMarkets. In the...
UAVs

Optical sensors mounted on UAVs and drones can serve a vast array of space missions. However, their size and weight sometimes hinder the use...
wearable sensors

The immediate monitoring of environmental and personal factors can be critical for first responders and soldiers in many emergency cases. Various wearable sensors can...
training and simulation

The trend toward live, virtual, constructive or mixed-reality training is rising and raising investment and innovation in the United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
cybersecurity platform

Recent cyber attacks have increased awareness security on the net. The cyber security market is one of the fastest growing industries in the past...
asymmetric warfare

The US defense R&D establishment has been seeking new ways to preserve the American advantage in asymmetric warfare. DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office (STO) unveiled...
deliveries

Leading companies have been experimenting the use of drones to revolutionise deliveries.  A key problem facing any drone deliveries is batteries and maintenance. How...
saves lives

Few people know, but the reason fire procedures instruct people to refrain from elevator use in case of a fire in a high story...
targeting

The US Army recently demonstrated a breakthrough in soldier weapons targeting. The development features a tiny, weapon-mounted thermal sight designed to communicate wirelessly with...
diesel-electric attack submarine

India has been taking an interest in several Israeli systems for equipping its upgraded submarine fleet. The Indian Navy is slated to commission the...
head protection system

Military services tend to allocate resources for the constant improvement of soldiers’ personal security. Recently, US Airborne Soldiers played a vital part in the...
military installations

The increased use of commercial and privately owned small unmanned aircraft systems has raised US Defense Department's concerns for the safety and security of...
autonomous vehicles

The Canadian Department of National Defence's scientists have started working on a new system to monitor Arctic waters, including autonomous vehicles. "It's important from...
philippines

Two Cessna 208B Caravan aircraft purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense and modified to perform airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasks were handed...
command and control

The US Marine Corps has been dictating military development trends in recent years. With a next generation radar system and a mobile radio antenna,...
chemical weapons

The Syrian civil war has brought chemical weapons back to the center stage in terms of international arsenals and defense methods. The U.S. military...
geospatial

Geospatial video management, and more specifically geospatial video analytics, is a fast-growing domain in recent years, seeing more and more companies attempting to bring...