Hammerhead Performs Taxi Tests Prior to First Flight
Piaggio Aero Industries unveiled at the 2013 Paris Air Show today, the Piaggio Aero P.1HH “HammerHead”- Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The P.1HH HammerHead technological...
F-35 PEO: “any foreign partner pooling out will have an effect...
Lt. General Christopher C. Bogdan, the Program Executive Officer outlined the achievements and hurdles of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in his testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services committee. While the program is now in a better shape, obstacles still remain, in software integration, affordability and future operating & support.
Missile Defense System Deployed in South Korea
The United States has begun the process of deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, an advanced missile defense system, to South...
Industry Team Offers MAV-L for Special Applications Beyond SOCOM
MAV-L was designed to meet SOCOM GMV 1.1 requirements, the team considered it has applications beyond SOCOM. For example, such vehicles could be suitable for US Army and Marine Corps recon teams, forced entry teams operated by the Air Force, or for international customers.
General Dynamics Integrates APS on Stryker/LAV III
General Dynamics Land Systems has recently concluded a successful Critical Design Review of its APS project. Defense-Update Reports.
The company said the design is leading...
China Concerned Over US Air-Defence Tech In Korea
China has a lot on its plate. The eastern giant got tangled up in a game of chicken over control of the South China...
Mellanox and Matrix Present Fast End-To-End Connectivity For The Defense Sector
Mellanox and Matrix, distributor of Mellanox solutions in Israel, held a conference for tech experts in the Israeli defense sector - security industries, IDF,...
Russian Amphibious Support Ship Arrived at Haifa for a First Visit...
The Russian Amphibious Support Ship Azov arrived yesterday at the port of Haifa, in northern Israel, on a three day visit, it is the...
The Defense And Homeland Security Industries Are Looking For New Technologies
Call For Proposals For Startups In Defense and HLS Fields
iHLS, the global media leader in security technology, is inviting entrepreneurships in this field to...
France, UK Exploring Collaborative UCAS Venture
Dassault Aviation and BAE Systems are working on a collaborative study of a future Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) project, to agree on...
Airborne Sense and Avoid Radars for RPAs
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully completed its second airborne demonstration for the Air Force Research Lab under its Multi Sensor Detect Sense and Avoid...
Paris Attacks: A Wake Up Call For Europe’s Security Theatre
The multiple breaches and deficiencies in European security structures exposed in the Paris attacks throw a light on the Union’s unpreparedness for the threats...
Insect Size RoboBee Performs Controlled Flight
A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.
Would You Like To Be Able To See In Complete Darkness?
The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the secretive and innovative research arm of the US Department of Defence (DoD) has for nearly six...
50kW High Energy Laser Successfully Demonstrated in Switzerland
Rheinmetall has successfully tested a new 50kW high-energy weapon technology demonstrator.The test was conducted at the end of November, at the company’s Ochsenboden Proving Ground (EZO) in Switzerland. The test comprised three types of targets representing hardened targets, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and ballistic threats. and successful A steel ball representing a mortar round target, travelling at approximately 50 m/sec was also intercepted.
Should Security Perimeter Around Airports Be widened?
The terrorist attack on Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul has again has renewed the debate among security experts about whether the United States and...
Streamlined Blue Force Tracking System Integrates Combat & Logistics Support
The US Army is finally integrating a blue-force tracking system common to manoeuvre and logistics elements. For the first time on the battlefield, maneuver and logistics forces will share situational awareness and messaging, forming a complete and seamless operational picture.
Drones Can Now Sniff Out Bombs
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have brought out a new tool in the fight against terrorism: bomb sniffing drones. The team took existing...
The World Is Not Becoming Less Peaceful – The Middle East...
It may seem that the world is becoming less and less peaceful, with the level of global violence reaching its highest level in the...
UN Report on the Legal, Moral and Ethical Implications of ‘Killer...
The UN has issued a report on the legal, moral and ethical implications of the use of Lethal Autonomous Robotics (LAR) submitted by Christof...
N Korea (Probably) Behind Cyber Attacks On SKAF
North Korea is likely behind another cyber attack on South Korea’s digital infrastructure, United Press International reports.
South Korea’s Air Force’s website has been...
The shifts in the arms markets
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This very simple illustrative sentence is behind some of the recent arms deals made by Israeli...
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New Air Defense Missile Debuts with a Distinctive Wingless Design
Modern air-defense networks face an increasingly diverse set of threats. Combat aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, and tactical ballistic missiles can approach from different altitudes...
