More equitable access to DNA identification after disaster or conflict needed
The April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Factory Building in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,130 people were killed, is only the latest...
“Biobot” Insect Swarms to Map and Explore Unknown Areas
What may sound like the script from a Hollywood Blockbuster is in fact a new development by a research team from North Carolina State...
Amazon to Support Cloud Growth in Israel
Amazon today announced plans to launch in Tel Aviv, to help support the growth of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud across Europe, the...
New Israeli lifesaving alert system
A few days ago , Israel received a disturbing wake-up call when a couple of rockets were fired into one of its central tourist...
Terror in Sinai – Serious Threat to Egyptian Economy
The deteriorating security situation in Sinai has already damaged tourism in southern Sinai, which comprised almost a quarter of the entire Egyptian tourism market....
A national war drill in Israel today
A national war drill simulating a missile attack on Israel from multiple fronts will begin today
Named Steadfast Home Front 1, the exercise will include two...
British combined effort against Cyber attacks
Nine leading British defense companies are collaborating with the government in a partnering scheme to prevent cyber attackers from stealing the industry’s secrets. This...
BCP&IT Conference: The New Crisis Management C4I Array Revealed
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 New Storm-Chasers: UAVs To Track Hurricanes
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are used for almost everything nowadays. These flying machines are used by the business and private sectors, as well as...
An Assisting Technology that Can Save Life
The daily routine of the emergency service personnel, cops, fire fighters and emergency medicine doctors, is packed full with a wide variety of events,...
Critical infrastructure risks in the U.S. still high
Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure (CI) in the U.S. is up — way up, particularly in the energy sector. The Department of Homeland Security's...
Mobile technology saves lives
It’s a world problem even in very developed countries including Israel and the authorities are not doing enough to solve it. The United Nations...
Airport Security’s Greatest Nightmare: Chemical Terror Attacks
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...
Fast Draw – The threat from Lebanon
Hezbollah's open preparations for another round against Israel are extremely worrying. They are not only worrying due to the dozens of rockets the terror...
Dedicated satellites for homeland security missions?
Dedicated satellites for homeland security missions? Probably that is going to happen as small, low cost satellites come into the market.
According to Aviation Week,...
Did Terrorists Test Airplane Security?
A memo written by the U.S. Airways Pilot Association described a possible "dry-run" for a future terrorist attack that occurred on Flight 1880 on...
UAV to scan damaged nuclear power plant
Since the big tzunami disaster in Japan in 2011 that damaged the nuclear power plant if Fukushima, many have been trying to get inside...
Training people to fight terrorism – a new U.S. initiative
Secretary of State John Kerry, in a Friday speech to the Global Counterterrorism Ministerial Forum, unveiled a new U.S. initiative to address the root...
Beware the risks of government data center consolidation
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...
Cyber Defense – In Peace and War
Dr. Gabi Siboni from the Institute for Strategic Research spoke today about cyber threats, at the WindRiver conference , in cooperation with i-HLS, dividing...
Terror Attacks In Jerusalem and The West Bank – Can Technology...
One step the government is initiating to decrease attacks and incidents in the West Bank is stationing surveillance cameras in hazardous points in Jerusalem and the...
Weapons Theft in Israel
The theft of weapons from citizens, institutions and IDF camps has reached record proportions according to sources familiar with the subject. Israel sometimes gives...
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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...
