Coastal Security

Coastal Security

A rising threat: Piracy along West-African shores * Ships have been warned against gangs of Nigerian pirates * The main targets: Oil and gas...

Port security solutions, including software and cameras, have improved significantly in the past decade or so. Many large ports, for instance, have high-tech command...

Advanced technology rules the day in modern warfare - yet one very real threat to the U.S. Navy comes from a simple but deadly...

Italy’s defense minister is warning that criminal groups with potential links to terrorism are profiting from running migrant vessels across the Mediterranean to European...

Kelvin Hughes has been contracted by VisSim, a leading VTMS system provider and integrator, to supply a total of 11 SharpEye radar sets for...

Advanced, modern systems for port and coastal security have to be capable of detecting infiltration attempts into protected zones – even a lone swimmer...

Magna BSP developed a special application for various maritime targets detection, such as swimmers, vessels, boats, etc. One of the most complicated fields, if not...

Cameroon’s Navy has taken delivery of two new Spanish patrol boats and a landing craft, providing a major boost to the country in safeguarding...

The Nigerian Navy is hosting the combined exercise called African Winds, a program of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) security co-operation program of U.S....

IAI Ramta, based in Be'er Sheva, Israel, won a contract for the delivery of three Super Dvora mk. III ships to the Israeli Navy. The...

The Battleship Texas, the goodwill ambassador and museum ship that resides at the San Jacinto State Historic site, is back in the business of...

How not to treat a navy. Give it things, just not the ones it actually needs. The Israeli Navy plans to buy new Super...

Israel's need to protect its shores against threats from Gaza and Lebanon, combined with the need to protect the newly discovered offshore gas reserve,...

This spring with the aid of a small, unmanned drone more than half a ton of cocaine was confiscated — signaling the first time...

The protection of natural resources is a global need, yet the world market for it is growing slowly because of dwindling budgets and disagreements...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is increasing the number of agents and resources assigned to fight crime in Puerto Rico as part of...

Magal is currently completing the first phase of a large scale project for the perimeter protection of the main harbor of Mombasa, Kenya from...

The Rafael "Protector" unmanned patrol boat will be fitted to work with unmanned air systems (UAS), according to sources in the Paris Air Show. The...

A system developed in Bar Ilan University in Israel helps to protect sites in the U.S. against terror. The Department of Homeland...

Fighting modern warfare doesn’t mean you face the most sophisticated weapons or strongest enemies. In fact, combat in asymmetric warfare means facing an illusive...

DSIT Solutions has unveiled its family of operational underwater fully automatic diver detection systems, designed for a variety of defense and HLS applications. The AquaShield...

The Israeli navy is evaluating techniques that will enable small and medium unmanned air systems (UAS) to operate from patrol boats like the super...

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