Airships: the future solution for commercial aviation?
A recent forecast shows that by 2020 the annual number of aircraft passengers will reach 400 million. Air freight traffic is also expected to...
The G-LOC – a danger in the cockpit and ways to...
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...
The Bottleneck in Big Data Use for Homeland Security
By Meidata
Big data has been at the forefront of intelligence, police, and even border control for a while. It is changing the way organizations...
Near Miss: Four Drone-Related Incidents In UK This Month Alone
For the past few weeks four incidents have been recorded in which an almost-collision took place between drones and manned aircrafts, including passenger planes,...
Cyprus Exploring Post By Drones
Cyprus could find itself on the forefront of technological progress if plans materialise to bring postal deliveries by drone to the Mediterranean nation. Post-by-drone...
Real-time Information For Drone Operators With New FAA App
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working round the clock on developing new user-friendly means of increasing UAV safety. A pre-release version of B4UFLY,...
passenger UAV on the horizon ?
A few weeks ago a significant step took place in Italy in developing a system for preventing aerial collisions between UAVs. The step included...
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...
Steak Knives from JFK Restaurants inside the “Sterile Area”
According to a report in Newsday, passengers in JFK airport in New York can take steak knives with 5-inch serrated steel blades from two...
Elbit may benefit from Boeing-Embraer KC-390 Cooperation
The growing cooperation between Boeing and Embraer on the Brazilian KC-390 programme may bring big contracts to Elbit systems. This, according to sources in...
Israeli Innovation Protects Airports Against Birds
An Israeli optical-radar system protects airport runways against birds and other foreign objects * The system is already operational in Israel's Ben Gurion Airport,...
Pilots and UAS Operators Share Flight Data
Lockheed Martin has deployed the first components of a UAS traffic management (UTM) system that helps pilots and UAS operators to share data, which...
UAV health monitoring
The unmanned air systems (UAS) operated by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) have been strained to their limits during the month of fighting in...
Open Threat Assessment Platform For Airports
Most airports in the world are packed with security services, among them undercover security guards who look like any other passenger. On top of...
US Creating Drone Registry Plan In Response To Safety, Security Concerns
As part of the U.S. aviation authorities’ effort to tackle the growing safety and security problems posed by drones, U.S. drone will soon be...
Homeland Security plans to expand pre-clearance for passengers heading to the...
The U.S Department of Homeland Security announced plans to expand its controversial pre-clearance program at foreign airports, saying that requiring travelers to undergo screening...
The Fight For Mandating UAV Training
The US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) think all unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) owners should be required to pass an online training course to...
Can We Control The Civilan UAV Jungle?
Up to the month of August, over 600 UAVs were detected making their way too close to passenger planes, not to mention the drone...
The Threat to the Israeli Air Force over Gaza
Hamas has been taking great efforts for a while now to damage the Air Force aircraft operating over the Gaza Strip. "This fire is...
21st Century Airport Security is Here – Predictive Analytics
The 9/11 attacks are among the most well-known security threats, and they upended how we travel. To protect passengers and crews, airports have made...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – January 13 2015
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In this weekly report (January 13 2015):
Canada: Police fears terrorists could use drones to attack VIPs
The Israeli-developed “electrical” cloth...
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....
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Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
