Small UAV to Generate 3D Maps
MetaVR has unveiled an aircraft-mounted system for using geospatial data to generate 3-D terrain maps.
The company describes the system as a “low-cost process for...
U.S. Ship Heads Out To Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons
A specially-equipped U.S. naval ship departed for Italy on Monday on a ground-breaking mission to destroy Syria’s most dangerous chemical weapons, Pentagon officials said.
According...
Stuxnet Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg
Stuxnet, the world-famous computer worm that destroyed Iran’s centrifuges at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, was only one part of a much larger operation....
New U.K. Robot Tests Body Armor
Porton Man – the new robot developed by the U.K. Ministry of Defense, will be used to test body armor and other equipment for...
Elbit Believes In Startups, Joins iHLS Defense Startup
When iHLS defense startup accelerator was only just established, one of the very first companies to join was Elbit Systems, which is represented by...
A Battlefield without Blood – Medical Simulation
By Joe Charlaff
The air is filled with smoke. The rattle of gunfire echoes all around. The sound of hovering helicopters overhead. Medical teams race...
Teherans’ Drone Fever
Last week Iran unveiled its latest drone dubbed “Hamaseh”. This unmanned aerial vehicle follows a classic twin-boom tail design, pioneered by IAI’s Scout and...
JPMorgan cyberattacked
The FBI is investigating an alleged break-in to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s computers. It appears as though the bank was the target of...
Blackout? UUV and UAS robots can help
Big disasters almost always result in big power failures. Not only do they take down home appliances, they also wreak havoc with key infrastructure...
Autonomous Robotic Submarines participated at Student Competition
Student-designed-and-built autonomous robotic submarines had to complete a difficult series of visual- and acoustic-based tasks in the international competition RoboSub held in San Diego,...
iHLS TV – Ebola possibly weaponized, Safe City projects, next gen...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (28 October 2014):
Ebola possibly weaponized
Safe City projects
US next generation bunker-buster bombs
New Hovermast unveiled
Euclid antenna pedestals
Robot Assistance Following Italian Earthquake
In the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the Italian town of Amatrice and its surrounding region a couple of months ago, Italian authorities...
Technology that will avoid suicide of prisoners is under development
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The bracelet that could have avoided the suicide of Ben Zygier is still in development. Technology that is being developed by the...
Combat Techniques Will Change Police Work
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Technologies employed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now hitting local streets across the United States, changing how local law...
Big data 4 HLS Conference
Top experts from Israel and abroad met today in the Israel Air Force Center in Herzliya for the Big Data 4 HLS Conference, organized...
New Stealth Fighter to be Offered at Half Price
An improved version of China's FC-31 Gyrfalcon stealth fighter jet has conducted its maiden flight. Previously known as the J-31, the twin-engine, radar-evading aircraft...
Skunk weapon to go overseas
U.S. police are interested in purchasing the Israeli “Skunk” - a non-lethal weapon used by the Israel police force and IDF for crowd control....
Machine Learning and Optimization – Now Also with UAVs
A new implementation of machine learning to the unmanned aerial vehicle sphere. Machine learning is becoming an increasingly important artificial intelligence approach to building...
Exotic weapons aim to destroy chemical weapons
The Pentagon has spent more than a decade trying to develop weapons to neutralize chemical weapons, the threat that has the United States poised...
Sharm el-Sheikh Airport Security Lax, Or Simply Ignored?
On Oct. 31, Metrojet Flight 9268 catastrophically broke apart over the Sinai Peninsula after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh about 20 minutes earlier and...
Cyber Terrorists Are Gaining Ground
The field of cyber warfare has brought about a paradigm shift in the old balance of power. Sheer force of numbers and financial and...
Semi-Autonomous UGVs Will Drive the Industry for the Next Decade
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) represent a tiny portion of vehicle inventories globally, but replacing and complementing manned vehicles with unmanned systems is a powerful...
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This Twisting Kirigami Could Power the Next Generation of Soft Robots
Engineers have long looked to origami and kirigami for inspiration when designing lightweight structures that can transform shape without relying on complex mechanical systems....
