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Big Data and Open data and analytics have become fundamental tools in disaster preparedness, experts say. But public officials aren't using them enough. Lucy Jones,...

US military taps advanced technology to save lives. The U.S. Southern Command’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division showed off GeoSHAPE. This tool would have been...

Announcements by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) show progress at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority...

The United States government, like all of us, is trying to save a little cash and make its day-to-day operations a little more efficient. In...

Flying cameras help teams assess damage, search for survivors and clear roads following earthquake in Ludian, Yunnan, China. Disaster response team incorporates aerial technology into...

A lot of attention has been paid in the past weeks to Israel's struggle against the terror tunnels employed by Hamas in Gaza. Nevertheless,...

by Lior Mazor Introduction Cyber war is an act of war, adopted by states as well as by Terrorist Organizations,  with the goal to penetrate and damage the opponents computerized systems or other vital systems that...

The U.S is doing a huge effort to prove that pro-Russian separatists are responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines FlightMH17. The United States is...

When it comes to air defense, you have to be one step ahead of your opponent, quickly adapting to changing situtions At the beginning of...

The greatest nightmare imaginable to airport security personnel: It's Christmas Eve. Plenty of passengers. Thousands of people crowd the L.A. Airport. An elegantly dressed...

Magen David Adom (MDA), an Israeli emergency medical service, added a new, advanced mobile command center to its fleet of rescue vehicles. The new...

Earthquakes, natural disasters, floods or snow storms, fires, cyber attacks, damaged databases. All these could happen to any organization, and it's no secret that...

The Crisis management computing array, an emergency management facility, is one of Israel's largest building and C4I projects. The project took several years to...

The Israeli Army must be put in charge of operations during cyber-attack emergencies, and in order to do that the IDF must establish a...

Following the recent storm the MDA (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) intends to acquire snow-plowing kits to be installed on the...

U.S. Navy bomb-disposal experts are asking industry members to submit candidate ground-based multispectral and hyperspectral imaging systems for comparative tests and evaluations scheduled for...

The conflict in Syria will likely have consequences for international terrorism for decades to come, Brian Michael Jenkins of the Rand Corp. said during...

NATO countries and partner nations on Tuesday started large-scale cyber defense exercises aimed at testing the alliance’s ability to fend off cyber attacks against...

Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology which may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They have...

The intensification of cyberattacks on corporations and government agencies has led to a surge of new companies offering cybersecurity solutions. Israel boasts some of...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a major sharing service update to its First Responder Support...

University of Bristol researchers have unveiled a large semi-autonomous drone called the ARM system, which could be used to provide visual and thermal monitoring...