TSA asked To Allow Privately Trained Dogs to Screen Cargo
The U.S. Air forwarders Association told a congressional panel that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should move toward permitting private contractors to train explosive-sniffing...
WATCH: Anti-Drone Net Launcher
As drones have become cheaper and more popular, so have the risks associated with them grown proportionally. Last year, in a second incident of...
Swiss Researchers are Bringing Autonomy to UAVs
While current UAVs have no pilot on board, they still require a human operator. Weather and terrain conditions, as well as technical difficulties, can...
Russia’s Penetration Into The Middle East Deepens
By ARIE EGOZI
The Russians not only took over Syria but they continue to supply their advanced systems to arab countries.
The recent deal is with...
Explosion-Containing Fabric for Commercial Planes
The subject of explosives on commercial airplanes is one of the main concerns for security personnel of flight companies and authorities around the world....
Printing Parts with 3D Technology – Risk for Defense Industries?
Defense and aerospace Industries have been facing the risk of bogus parts manufactured by 3D printers.
The issue of product safety in these industries is...
Global homeland security market to reach $364.44 billion in 2020
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research the global homeland security market was valued at USD 245.72 billion in 2013,...
New Technology Allows Tracking Drones On A 3D Map
The boom in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry has brought with it a slew of problems. Safety concerns are prime among them. One...
Photo-ID security checks flawed: Study
Passport issuing officers are no better at identifying whether someone is holding a fake passport photo than the average person, new research has revealed.
A pioneering...
Possible Solution for Long Airport Lines
Balancing line speed and security at the airport is essential to ensuring safe, reliable travel. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology...
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...
Guam is preparing itself to handle terror threats
Representatives from dozens of government, military, aviation and shipping organizations have partnered together to educate and understand threats to airline security and commercial aircraft...
A serious and shameful failure
By Arie Egozi
The indictment against a computer expert of the Islamic Jihad suggests a serious failure and complacency of the IDF and national bodies...
CIA to its agents – this is how to trick airport...
WikiLeaks has published not one, but two internal CIA documents that teach agents how to act and what to do in order to make...
Experts Call for Strict Control on Sniper Rifles
Efforts are intensifying to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to protect Illinois...
NASA and Google to create an air-traffic control system for UAVs
Google is partnering with NASA and 13 other companies, including Amazon and Verizon, to create an air-traffic control system for drones, called the Unmanned...
The Israeli answer to shoulder launched missiles – Part 1
Part 1
The process of equipping the aircraft used by the Israeli airlines with systems that protect them from shoulder launched missiles is on track.
Following...
Intel Acquires Ascending To Break Into Drone Game
Semiconductor giant Intel has recently announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire Ascending Technologies, A German unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) software manufacturer....
The answer is at hand but airlines are still exposed
The airlines will not install systems aimed at defeating shoulder launched missiles. This - in spite of the fact that this threat grew dramatically. An...
Global Aviation is More Fragile than We Thought
The Icelandic volcano eruption of 2010 forced most European airports to shut down for days, affecting more than 100,000 passengers. True, that was an...
Student Carrying Suspicious Flashcards Cannot Sue TSA for Detaining Him
A student detained at Philadelphia International airport over his Arabic flashcards cannot sue the Individual TSA and FBI agents who held him in custody,...
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...
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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...
