The Civilian UAV Market is on the Rise
Venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets on the commercial applications of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Draper, an early investor in Hotmail,...
U.S. Army to Develop Battlefield Biological Detection System
U.S. Army researchers are preparing to asking industry to design a lightweight, low cost, man-portable, battery-operated system to detect, collect, and identify biological pathogens...
New Spy UAV – Too Fast for Radar
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is proposing a replacement for the SR-71 spy plane The SR-72, is a Mach 6 drone that doesn't need to...
Britain May Hire Hackers For Cyber Defense
Britain may recruit convicted computer hackers to a new military unit dedicated to combating cyber attacks, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said. Hammond announced plans...
Israel’s Unmanned Systems Event: Final Rehearsal
By iHLS NewsDesk
The final rehearsal for the unmanned systems event to be held at the Rishon Lezion YES Planet compound, Israel, on November 26,...
ICT Report: Monthly Terrorist Activities – August 2013
The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during August 2013, as researched and recorded by...
Egozi’s Fury
A Molotov cocktail attack on a car seating a mother and two children, and they're still not admitting that an intifadah has begun. What...
U.S. Army to Develop Soldier-Worn Power-Management Systems
Experts at Protonex Technology Corp. in Southborough, Mass., will develop soldier-worn power-management systems under terms of a $2.2 million contract from the Army Natick...
Homeland Security Testing Facial Recognition Accuracy
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has started a program that will test the accuracy of various off-the-shelf facial recognition programs.
Facial recognition has come...
Homeland Security Studies at the Israeli Ariel University
Ariel University is the only academic institute in Israel which offers HLS studies. Students in the criminology department can choose an undergraduate degree which...
Belarus to Build Aerial Drones in Turkmenistan
The former Soviet states of Turkmenistan and Belarus have agreed on a project to jointly build an aerial drone factory in the energy-rich Central...
TSA to Test New Checkpoint Detector Systems
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has ordered advanced software and hardware for uncovering liquid explosives and other threats.
The systems, which can be retrofitted into...
Norway to Develop Pocket UAV for U.S. Army
U.S. Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for...
North Korea Develops Russian-Based EMP Weapons
According to the South Korean intelligence agency North Korea is using Russian technology to develop electromagnetic pulse weapons, aimed at paralyzing military electronic equipment...
Survey: Most Companies Use In-House Resources for IT Security Training
Kaspersky Lab today reveals that most companies assign their own Tech Support Department to train company employees in matters of IT security, rather than...
JARUS Publishes Certification Specification for Rotorcraft UAS
JARUS, an international group whose purpose it is, to recommend technical, safety and operational requirements for the certification and safe integration of Remotely Piloted...
U.S. Colleges Add Homeland Security to their Curriculum
The establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks has made “homeland security” a common phrase and...
ICT Bi-weekly Report – Jihadi Forums
By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group
This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the second half of July 2013. Following are...
Research and Markets: Global Homeland Security Market Report
The Global Homeland Security Market is estimated at a value of $415.53 billion for 2013 and is expected to register a CARC of 5.54%...
October Cyber Security Report: A Rise in Ransomware Attacks
The ESET cyber security report for October reveals a troubling rise in the use of the Filecoder malware against small and medium businesses in...
New Israeli Weapon Scopes – Aim and Shoot
Meprolight - a manufacturer of electro-optical and uncooled thermal sights and devices, fire control systems, LRF, and night vision solutions for military, law enforcement,...
Veteran Israeli Company Enters the Cyber-Defense Market
By iHLS NewsDesk
The Israeli company Magal, known for its physical defense systems, is now entering the cyber-defense market as well. The company will supply...
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