New System for Detecting Stealth Aircraft Tested
China has tested quantum radar that will be able to detect stealth aircraft and other objects within the range of 100 km.
The radar uses...
Active Camouflage To Make Drones (Almost) Invisible
Being far smaller, and with the added benefit of having quiet electric motors, modern drones are a lot less conspicuous than their manned predecessors....
Exploring New Markets for the ‘C-Music’ Anti Missile System
Israel’s Elbit Systems, the developer of the ‘C-Music’ protection system against shoulder launched missiles, is now exploring new markets for its proven product. While...
DARPA’s Plan To Counter Radar With AI
China and Russia are hard at work to develop ever more capable radar systems, but the Pentagon has a plan to counter them with...
Protecting Helicopters From “Simple” Weapons
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...
Watch: This Solution Could Protect Planes Against Bombs
The recent downing of Russian Metrojet plane in Egypt has once again brought to the forelight a major issue facing modern airliners: planes are...
India to buy more AWACS. Will Israel stay in the picture...
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...
Watch This Drone Fly Almost 50 km/h While Avoiding Obstacles
One of the main issues facing drones these days is obstacle avoidance. “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get...
FOD Barriers in Israeli Air Force Bases
An Israeli innovative system helps the air force to minimize the foreign object damage (FOD) to its aircraft.
The Israeli air force (IAF) has achieved...
US: the Federal Bureau of Prisons introduces Millimeter Wave Scanner
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is examining a new technology for its security details, a millimeter wave scanner, designed to screen visitors, internees and...
DARPA Demonstrates Mid-Air Collision-Avoidance System
With the rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), so rises the risk of mid-air UAV collisions, whether with other unmanned craft, or worse, with...
GPS Anti-Jamming Comes To UAVs
As unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) grow in popularity, so do the worries about them. In response, several anti-drone systems have hit the market, including...
Directed Energy Weapons Could Be Used On Fighter Aircraft
Directed energy technology could vastly increase the options that war fighters have available to them, Air Force leaders said earlier this week , arguing...
IMI Wins US Army Tender to Supply Decoy Flares
IMI systems increases the US Army’s backlog. The U.S. Army has awarded IMI Systems a 5.7 million dollar contract to deliver decoy flares for...
New Microwave Absorber For Stealth Radar Cloaking
Microwave absorbers are a kind of material that can effectively absorb incident microwave energy to make objects invisible to radar; therefore they are commonly...
Chinese Anti-Drone Laser System tested
Chinese military officials have deployed a highly accurate laser defense system capable of shooting down small drones flying at a low altitude, Chinese state...
Israeli Companies May Compete to Supply EW Systems to India
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...
Police Drones Vulnerable to Hijacking
We’ve have written at length on these pages about the dismal state of security in most consumer-grade tech products. For many manufacturers, it seems,...
This System Finds An Airport And Lands Autonomously During Emergency
Diamond Aircraft, a German manufacturer of small single- and twin-engine planes, has developed a technology that has the potential to save many thousands of...
The “inspiration” for 9/11
Osama bin Laden was “inspired” to concoct the 9/11 plot during a chance conversation about a plane crash into the Atlantic Ocean. While discussing...
Sagem’s Patroller UAV demonstrates ability to operate in civilian airspace
Sagem has successfully demonstrated the ability of its Patroller unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to operate in civilian, non-segregated airspace.
Conducted near Toulouse, France, the test...
Israeli experts: Demand to Limit On Anti-Aircraft Weaponry “A day Dream”
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have planned to create a global convention to limit the weapons...
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A New Quantum Breakthrough Could Change Signal Detection on the Battlefield
Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
