Counter Terror

Turkey is developing a new missile defense system Korkut that resembles Israel’s Iron Dome, to prevent Islamic State militant’s rocket attacks. The new system is...

The European Union's counter-terrorism co-ordinator fears that foreign fighters could launch attacks in Europe with chemical weapons, using techniques learned in Syria and Iraq. Gilles...

For many airports, the investment focus has shifted from passenger processing technology to security with the rise of global terror, some of which directly...

Progress has been made on the resumption of flights between Russia and Egypt following high-level meetings between the two countries’ aviation officials. Russia said...

The Chinese AnBot robot was introduced to a terminal in one of China’s busiest airports, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, to help with security checks...

A new video analytic technology launched recently is suitable for real-world scenarios where monitoring conditions are challenging. Face Recognition video analytic is ideally suited...

The US Defense Department (DoD) has been attributing growing importance to the military intelligence cyber field. This has been reflected by the DoD’s recent...

A special cyber security unit of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) conducted its first offensive cyber operation abroad when it broke into an internal...

Most robots are wheeled or tracked, because of the difficulties and expenses entailed in getting robot legs to animate properly. However, a new medium-sized...

The Bangladesh police headquarters have decided to launch SWAT-like teams in all divisional cities to combat armed terrorists, after the elite tactical unit of...

By ARIE EGOZI We don't see it but this danger is around the corner waiting to hit. A cyber attack on Israeli infrastructure may include air...

Britain's GCHQ security agency is considering developing a nationwide internet firewall to block malicious content and protect government networks from rocketing numbers of attacks,...

Fifteen years after 9/11, the spectre of terrorism remains a global threat and, in response, the University of Albany, New York, announced that it...

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and lawmakers expressed concern that Islamic State is moving to develop chemical weapons even as the U.S.-led coalition makes...

  Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...

The US Air Force has been strengthening its drone warfare options, including drone-pilot training. But the war against ISIS has increased the demand for...

A non-radioactive, hand-held explosive threat detector, now has the additional capability to detect and identify TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide). This was the explosive substance used...

The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its  functions have expanded to traffic control and...

AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere. The convention was a remarkable...

The US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) will receive first regular shipments of next-generation radioisotope identifier (RIID) systems this fall. Symetrica’s Smiths Detection RadSeeker handheld...

Two hours ago the AUS&R convention, hosted by iHLS has begun. The annual convention, the fourth and biggest of it’s kind, will focus on...

The US ally Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with China to buy drones that are capable of carrying missiles and laser guided bombs. The...