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...
TSA To Increase Random Security Checks Of Employees
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is increasing random checks of airport and airlines staff who handle baggage and have clearances to bypass security...
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...
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...
New Software Enters The UAV Flight Management Race
The airspace can be a crowded place, and with the emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it is getting more crowded by the minutes....
Too Many Close Encounters Between Drones And Aircrafts
The ever growing number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operated by professionals and hobbyists alike is posing a significant risk to safety in an...
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Drone Air Traffic Control System
Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) air traffic control system on 18 November. During the demonstration, Lockheed employed its UAS...
Protecting the Israeli Aviation Infrastructure
By ARIE EGOZI
A big effort is being made to protect the Israeli aviation infrastructure from Cyber attacks.
The threat is real and imminent. A cyber...
Pilots Rehearse and Refine Advanced Tactics in Linked Simulators
Pilots are now training with four Full Mission Simulators linked together to hone their tactical employment of the F-35 against ground and airborne threats....
New Tools To Sift Through Data
After major terrorist attacks, pieces of information that could have potentially prevented or mitigated the threat are often found. The problem faced by analysts...
Yet Another Airport Security Failure in the U.S
In yet another demonstration of the weakness of US airport security, a man nearly managed to board a flight with a stolen boarding pass....
Experts: Aviation’s Backyard Is Breached
Arie Egozi
Israeli security experts were not surprised by the news that writings in Arab were discovered on EasyJet airplanes. This disturbing event is being...
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...
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....
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...
Satellite Surveillance To Track Commercial Airplanes
by Konstantin Bodragin
Satellite surveillance is commonly thought of as belonging to the realm of spies, spooks, and secretive military intelligence types. Command, Control, Communications,...
Sharm el-Sheikh Airport Security Lax, Or Simply Ignored?
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...
TSA Lets Weapons Slip Through Screening 95% Of Cases
Since its creation almost 14 years ago, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has had one goal...
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...
UAV CRM Training Improves The System’s Performance
In spite of the high level of automation in autonomous unmanned systems, and especially UAVs, the systems still need the human input in their operation.
CockpitRM...
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...
Watchkeeper Flown in UK Civil Airspace For The First Time
For the first time, an unmanned aircraft was flown alongside commercial aircraft, which in a couple of years, could lead to pilotless cargo flights,...
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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...
