Counter Terror

The nature of domestic and international terrorist threats may be changing due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.   In the US, the potential terrorist threat environment...

Western military forces depend on the global navigation satellite systems for accurate position, navigation and timing data. However, the electromagnetic environment has become even...

Small, high-powered lasers are “easy to disguise and bring into environments without detection. For example, such systems could be hidden in a delivery van...

More than 1.5 million drones are registered in the United States, including more than 441,000 commercial drones and more than 1.1 million recreational drones,...

Drones can be a deadly weapon in the hands of terrorists. A US counter-terrorism agency is enhancing its counter-drone capabilities with the help of....

Not too long ago, the major challenge of airport security screenings was thwarting terrorist attempts. Now, as the coronavirus spreads throughout the world and...

Drones are becoming more and more pervasive and can be used as weapons intended to cause harm to military bases at long standoff ranges....

The term low-intensity warfare (LIW) covers a wide range of activities among states, from peaceful competition to conflicts below full-scale warfare. LIWs can also...

Governments, companies, and organizations around the world are leveraging facial recognition for a wide variety of use cases in areas such as security, retail,...

The low altitude flight and small size of small drones make them hard to track. Therefore they have become an increasing threat to militaries,...

Amnesty Israel movement reacts to the State’s announcement in mid-March regarding the employment of advanced digital monitoring tools used for counterterrorism activities to track...

By Or Shalom Providing cyber defense to financial infrastructure and assets is complex, as these systems and infrastructures are usually situated in the public space....

Terrorist organizations do not stop their activities while the world is confronting the COVID-19 pandemic. Violent extremists could seek to take advantage of the...

Small, low flying, non-cooperative drones is can be detected and identified by radars. A database of drone radar cross-sections (RCS) has been made public...

Teams dealing with the identification and neutralization of hazardous materials are at risk. The industry has long been searching for the right technology for...

A new water cannon technology helps cope with the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). A versatile tool - Reverse Velocity Jet Tamper (ReVJeT)...

In an unprecedented move in Israel, cellular monitoring of potential coronavirus patients will be implemented in order to assure that they are not breaking...

The State of Israel is making all the efforts to block the spread of the coronavirus. Now, iHLS is addressing the technology and startup...

The global remote weapon station market is anticipated to worth USD 15.7 billion by 2025, with a CAGR of 10.7% during 2019-2025, according to...

Unmanned aerial vehicles can constitute a genuine threat to ground and maritime targets. A new system that can autonomously detect, track, and classify unmanned...

Unmanned maritime systems can be used for various purposes, including critical infrastructure protection, law enforcement, search and rescue for homeland security, underwater mine warfare,...

The US Army has approved the Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) for Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The system was selected by the...