The Realm In Which Technological Superiority is Simply Not Enough
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton is patrolling south of the Guatemala-El Salvador border, along the biggest narcotics smuggling corridor in the world, attempting...
Facial Recognition Tech – Now Also for Low Resolution Video
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...
Maintaining Mobile Connectivity at All Costs
The city of Greenville, S.C. is projected to welcome upwards of 100,000 to 500,000 visitors arriving to watch there the solar eclypse. The city’s...
HLS Report: ISIS-Inspired Plots Increasing, Attacks More Deadly
The self proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) has been tied to at least 75 terrorism plots against Western countries, with the United States as the...
ADME Conference: Balloon-Mounted Radar
World militaries are very familiar with ground and airborne radars. A relatively new type of radar is carried as a payload, installed under floating...
26 Year Old Hacker Is Bringing Self-Driving Cars To The Masses
You may not know who George Hotz (aka geohot) is, but many have enjoyed the fruits of his labours. In fact, he is something...
Drones and Helicopters, Together Aboard Navy Ships
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for the first...
Fast Draw – What Does It Have To Do With Us?
Defense Minister Mosha “Boogy” Ya'alon once again believed that a privately held speech can protect him from leaks. He still thinks he has to...
Preparation for Earthquakes: Monitor, Predict, Prevent, Control
Preparing ahead of emergency situations and mass disasters on a national scales is not ’recommended’ or subject to considerations of cost or likelihood. Rather,...
Elbit acquires NICE Systems Cyber and Intelligence division
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire NICE Systems Cyber and Intelligence division for a total amount of...
The Future of Security, Robots?
Robots might be the next trend for private security. For the moment, the robots are essentially designed to patrol a certain area. They've got...
The “Combiner”- Creating the Entire Picture
The "combiner"- an Israeli system enables maximum utilization of surveillance cameras. A very important tool that enables to get the best output of surveillance cameras...
The Importance of Identifying Intent Rather than Means
לעברית לחץ כאן
.
Terrorists and criminals are better organized and more sophisticated in 2013 than ever before, even taking advantage of new techniques and flaws...
רכישת תחמושת מסיבית עבור סוכנויות בטחון המולדת בארה”ב
האם אתם יודעים משהו שאנחנו לא יודעים? מחלקת בטחון המולדת (DHS – Department of Homeland Security ) של ארה"ב רוצה לקנות מעל 1.6 מיליארד כדורי...
Pentagon in Search for New Developments in Robotics
The Pentagon has been assembling a large network of government, private-sector and academic technology experts in an attempt to secure access to critical technologies...
Which Technologies would Turn US-Mexico Border Wall Effective?
The American President Donald Trump has announced plans to prioritize pursuing a border wall with Mexico. But will it be effective?
According to aei.org, walls...
The US Air Force wants You to build their next drone...
The Pentagon hopes that the next Predator is in someone's garage.
The US Air Force (USAF) recently announced a $2 million prize for the U.S....
Prevention, Response and Recovery – Safe City Solutions
Technological solutions by themselves are useful, but their real value is found when they complement one another. A wide array of homeland security technologies...
42,000 Chinese UAVs by 2023?
The United States estimates that China is expected to have by the year 2023 a massive amount of 42,000 unmanned aerial vehicles at a...
Russia Ahead of Schedule in Chemical Weapon Destruction
Russia may complete the destruction of all its chemical weapon stockpiles this year, according to the Russian chairman of the State Commission on Chemical...
Stealth Motorcycle for US Special Forces?
US special forces will receive a DARPA Pentagon-financed development, a new bike called the SilentHawk stealth motorcycle. As reported on drivespark.com, the concept was...
Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal Could Be Vulnerable To Cyber Attack
Labour’s former Defence Secretary Lord Browne warns of severe risk to Britain’s nuclear deterrent unless “weak spots” are protected. If such security holes as...
Latest
This New App Lets Soldiers Control Mortars From a Smartphone
Mortar teams depend on fire-control systems to calculate firing solutions, manage targeting data, and coordinate indirect fire missions. Traditionally, many of these functions have...
