Effective Mobile Communication Developed for Maritime Law Enforcement
Law enforcement officers coordinating and participating in dangerous operations to stop drug trafficking need reliable communications. The US Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS),...
Driverless Vehicles for Battlefield Resupply
A driverless car technology is being developed for battlefield use. The US Army plans to run convoys with just one or two human drivers...
Competition on Iron Man Development Accelerates
Soldier augmentation has become another field in the competition between the Russian and the US military forces. Russia has been accelerating the development of...
Small UAV Shatters Line-of-Sight Barrier
A new configuration of proven unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) shatters the line-of-sight barrier for small unmanned aircraft. A beyond line of sight, SATCOM-enabled small-UAV...
Game-Changing Combination of Recognition Technologies
The recent “Yellow Vest” riots in Paris bring into mind the potential power of the combination of high-resolution digital video capture of protesters and...
Hypersonic Platforms are Gaining Momentum
Hyperosnic air platforms have been gaining momentum in advanced developments by world defense agencies. These advanced systems can reach the speeds of more than...
Meet Next Generation GPS
There are growing concerns in the US that GPS satellites might become enemy targets in a future war. The Pentagon and intelligence agencies have...
Pentagon Looks To Outpace Chinese Hypersonic Missiles
The hypersonic missiles could change the face of future warfare, as they can switch direction in flight and do not follow a predictable arc...
Unmanned Aircraft on Verge of Full Autonomy
A new technology is designed to bring vision-based navigation, guidance and control to commercial unmanned aircraft, aiming to bring full “level-5” autonomy to the...
Unexpected Player Joins The Drone Arena
The FAA provides to those who register their drone a 10-digit code which must be legibly printed on the frame of the device. However,...
Machine Learning to Predict Injuries
Ground-breaking research recently used big data analysis and machine learning to develop a model in order to predict the development of pressure injuries among...
Cyber Resiliency Has to Be Part of Weapon Systems DNA
The U.S. military’s weapons systems today are reliant on complex software and interconnectivity with a host of components, sensors and computer systems. The highly...
Chinese UAVs Deployed Near North Korean Border
China has deployed two Xianglong HALE UAV to a recently renovated airfield not far from the border with North Korea. The platform, identified by...
China is Upgrading its Combat Simulation Tech
Training simulations have existed for many years, as pilots can attest to. However, the advent of modern virtual reality (VR) allows for the creation...
Micro-Sized Drone System will Save Lives
Every year, in the USA alone, an average of 54 firefighters and 165 police officers are killed, tens of thousands are injured and many...
Drop Kits Supply Communication in Emergency
Due to communications challenges during the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, the 9/11 commission recommended the establishment of a single,...
Changing of the Guard in UAV Fleet
Australia has selected the MQ-9 Reaper as an armed medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), meeting the requirements under Project Air 7003 Phase...
Oscillating between Military and Commercial Development – iRobot’s Case
Many technology companies maintain a dual-use strategy developing products for both the military and civilian sectors. The case of iRobot, which developed the little...
Elta’s Payload Demonstrated on S-100 UAV
An exercise was conducted by the Australian Army with Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) to gain further insights into future capabilities and...
BlackBerry Platform Connects Vehicles to Smart City
BlackBerry’s Security Credential and Management System (SCMS) lets autonomous vehicles communicate with wired objects in the Intelligent Traffic Systems, as part of the Smart...
Big Data for Business Continuity – Imperative in Emergency
What is the connection between big data technologies and business disaster recovery procedures? Disaster recovery and business continuity technologies have come a long way...
Update On Bump Stocks Ban
Four months have passed since the Las Vegas mass shooting spurred outrage over bump-fire stocks, which gunman Stephen Paddock attached to 12 of his...
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No Runway, No Aircraft: This Paraglider Lets Troops Take Off on...
Getting personnel into remote or hostile territory normally requires aircraft, helicopters or prepared launch infrastructure. Those options can be noisy, detectable and dependent on...
