Counter Terror

Vehicle ramming has become terrorists’ weapon of choice. Cases such as the deadly attacks in Barcelona and Charlottesville, show the attack can be all...

The leading conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems and Robotics – AUS&R 2017, organized by iHLS for the fifth year, will include live demonstrations and...

The Philippines armed forces are upgrading their unmanned aircraft fleet in order to be able to challenge current threats. Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. is...

Police departments in the world have been experimenting the use of facial recognition technologies during events with massive crowds in an attempt to prevent...

The challenge of nuclear terrorism has become a threat that requires new and innovative technologies. A team formed by, among the rest, scientists at...

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently released a video claiming to provide an inside look at airport security tactics - how the agency...

The US defense R&D establishment has been seeking new ways to preserve the American advantage in asymmetric warfare. DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office (STO) unveiled...

The increased use of commercial and privately owned small unmanned aircraft systems has raised US Defense Department's concerns for the safety and security of...

The Canadian Department of National Defence's scientists have started working on a new system to monitor Arctic waters, including autonomous vehicles. "It's important from...

Two Cessna 208B Caravan aircraft purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense and modified to perform airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasks were handed...

Security cameras are everywhere - in malls, stadiums, train stations, parking garages, airports. But with so much information flowing in, it can be challenging...

Various security forces in Europe have been gradually adapting to the new terrorist threat reflected in recent years’ lethal attacks. Ireland’s military special forces, the...

The terrorist attacks in London during the last months apparently brought about a greater awareness to the need to prepare the public for such...

A new use for a bomb-detecting technology: identifying the dangerous opioid fentanyl from a distance using a laser beam to protect soldiers and law...

A rising number of vital systems in our lives rely on GPS technology – whether it’s police units, airports or even private car navigation...

The benefits of 3D printing technology are known, but less frequently discussed are the dangers. The open and accessible nature of the technology means...

Airport security policy in the US is now focusing on passengers’ cameras. In an effort to improve the security of airline passengers and airports,...

Australia’s counter-terrorism police are using various means to enhance their capabilities against attempted terror attacks. These include, for example, drones the size of flies...

Protecting people while they are on the move has become an increasingly more difficult task. Traditional solutions for this problem were mainly creating a...

At the beginning of the month, the Turkish Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV...

Asymmetric warfare by its very nature leads combatants on all sides to develop new weapons and defenses. The emerging drone and small UAVs threat...

Unmanned systems may now  be in use against friendly forces. Terrorists as well as nation-states are striving to employ these systems, especially airborne platforms,...