Aircraft Security

Being far smaller, and with the added benefit of having quiet electric motors, modern drones are a lot less conspicuous than their manned predecessors....

Microwave absorbers are a kind of material that can effectively absorb incident microwave energy to make objects invisible to radar; therefore they are commonly...

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...

By Arie Egozi Many helicopters have been shot down in Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones using simple weapons like anti-tank rockets, which has accelerated...

By ARIE EGOZI Can Israel afford an "Air force one" style aircraft? Sources say that the moment of decision is "approaching fast". There is no doubt...

The air force is always looking to take the lead with advanced technologies, in computers and electronics. Each day the air force’s technical divisions...

The Indian Ministry of Defense has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to procure electronic warfare (EW) suite for all Mi-17 V5 helicopters. According to...

Four pilots have opened a new drone training school called UAV Air in the UK to help people learn how to fly unmanned aircraft...

As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) take to the skies, it is essential for safety that UAS operators and pilots are aware of each other....

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working on establishing rules for private and commercial operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). However, it is still...

By ARIE EGOZI Technology moves both ways. Sometimes it moves from air to ground and sometimes from ground to air. The direction is not important. What...

By ARIE EGOZI This is the new nightmare of security organizations that are in charge of security in big airports: Experts say that the proliferation...

Lockheed Martin has deployed the first components of a UAS traffic management (UTM) system that helps pilots and UAS operators to share data, which...

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it recently was awarded two contracts for its MUSIC™ family of directed infra-red countermeasures (DIRCM) airborne multi-spectral self-protection systems,...

Directed energy technology could vastly increase the options that war fighters have available to them, Air Force leaders said earlier this week , arguing...

The subject of explosives on commercial airplanes is one of the main concerns for security personnel of flight companies and authorities around the world....

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have planned to create a global convention to limit the weapons...

By ARIE EGOZI The Indian air force wants to increase its fleet of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft and Israel wants to stay...

The polish official VIP aircraft may be equipped with the Israeli developed protection systems against shoulder launched missiles. According to Defense 24, the Polish armament...

Israeli experts say that this claim has to be investigated further but add that is was clear the the connectivity on passenger aircraft is...

The Israeli air force (IAF) safety center has preliminary findings that could lead to ways to minimize the hazards of accidents caused by G-LOC. G-induced...

FAA unveils 2 drone programs to gauge UAV use The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is testing the skies with more drones. It has allowed...