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....
Can Water Bottles be Kept in Our Hand Luggage?
Two new screening systems that will allow passengers to leave liquids and laptops in their hand luggage when passing through airport security has been...
App Exploit Could Allow Hackers Free Flights
A security student has discovered a method to fly for free across Europe by generating fake boarding documents designed for Apple’s Passbook app
A 18...
The cyber threats to civilian flight
Many people are afraid to fly. Most of them fear than the plane will suffer a malfunction they have no control over midflight, as...
It’s Time To Make An Anti-Civilian-UAV System
We’ve heard about anti-tanks and anti-planes missile systems, but now, due to increasing security dangers caused by UAVs flying in restricted areas, the United...
An Airborne Hazard: Drones
An increasing use of drones for commercial and leisure purposes world-wide has led to a rise in the number of near-misses with aircraft and...
Air Traffic Control System Vulnerable to Cyberattack
The country’s air traffic control systems are vulnerable to hackers. This, according to a 42-page document entitled "Information Security: FAA Needs to Address Weaknesses...
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 threat to aviation – explosives concealed in breast implants
Heathrow Airport security has been on high alert amid reports of a new type of terrorist threat to aviation: explosives concealed in breast implants.
The...
iHLS TV – Special Airport Security Edition
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
American computer programmer constructs deadly weapons out of simple items sold in airports
U.S. officials attempt to improve passenger...
IAI and Honeywell to Develop SAA Capability for Heron MALE UAS
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Honeywell will jointly develop a sense-and-avoid (SAA) capability for IAI's Heron family of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Approved...
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...
The Drones Operators Academy
Growing use in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), both in the military and the civilian fields, has created a need for skilled people to operate...
Passenger Hit Crew Member, El-Al Flight Diverted
An El-Al 737 flight en route to Munich from Ben-Gurion Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria on Thursday morning...
Much ado about the FAA’s UAS regulation
The FAA's proposed drone legislation: the return of the nanny-state
After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) finally issued its official draft proposal...
Would New Screening Tech Make Laptop Ban Unnecessary?
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will evaluate a new personal electronics scanner, the MobiLab ES, which is the only inspection system that effectively...
The forgotten bomb – there are solutions
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Security training is important but it pays to remove the training explosives at the end of an exercise. Canadian...
The Future of Commercial Aviation
Smart airports are projected to be worth $25bn by 2025. Many smart innovations are emerging in the field at the top of the industry’s...
UAS legislation in Europe
European Drone Regulations is about to get more permissive
Operating UAS (unmanned aerial systems) in the European Union (EU) is going to become very permissive,...
Humans Still Most Important Factor In UAV Incidents
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is using special training to improve the way Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crews operate the system.
Crew Resource management...
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...
Heavy attack on the permission to carry knives on U.S passenger...
The Israeli aviation security experts were the first to criticize the changes in the regulations that would allow airline passengers in the U.S to...
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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...
