New Ultra-Strength Steel Introduce a More Affordable Material for Aviation
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has developed an ultra-strength steel of high fracture toughness that is significantly less expensive to manufacture than existing products. The...
DHS To Airlines: Waive Baggage Fees To Reduce Wait Times
In the case of unbearably long queues for security checks in America’s airports, there is plenty of blame to go around. Both cuts to...
DARPA’s new tank stresses mobility over armor
Despite military advances in the field of armor improvements, DARPA's newest tank concept is based more around evasion.
The Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program is...
China To Set Up Its Own “DARPA”
China is no small fish in the weapons exports pool, but its military technology is still lagging behind its competitors. To overcome this, China...
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...
JLTVs Revving Up for the Final Test in August
Lockheed Martin, AM General and Oshkosh Defense are producing and preparing their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes for the final test, scheduled to...
US Air Force Seeks To Replace Warthog
The US Air Force wants a new plane to replace the trusty A-10 Warthog in the fight against ISIS. Air Force generals are toying...
Imdex Asia VideoReport
This is the full report of Defense-Update VideoReport, covering the recent IMDEX Asia maritime exhibition. Stay tuned for additional reports from the Paris Airshow...
The Israeli edge in combat proven combined systems
When the international military market gets more complicated the Israeli defense industries have to use everything they have to successfully compete
Combined capabilities make it...
Cyber Warfare Is Not Yet Here
Sci-fi films of the past predicted that by this time the world would be inundated with hackers crashing whole financial systems, power grid, and...
US Navy’s Railgun Could Find Home On Stealth Warship
The US Navy’s experimental railgun - an electromagnetic projectile launcher - has been grabbing headlines and making waves ever since it was revealed that...
Dual use weapons systems – a good selling asset?
By ARIE EGOZI
Will a dual use weapon system appeal to foreign customers of the Israeli defence industries?
The industries hope that it does and can...
Turkey, Ukraine negotiate joint defense projects
"Vacuums are being filled very quickly, " a source in the Israeli defense establishment told I-HLS. This, in reaction to the fact that Turkey...
Smart self Protection for small Boats
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...
The Barak-8 missile – full operational status soon
The Barak-8 missile air defense system is by any standard one of the most advanced in the world. All experts that talked with I-HLS...
New Perimeter Security Measures On Tunisia-Libya Border Fence
The United States is funding a multi-million project to erect an electronic surveillance system along the border between Libya and Tunisia. The US has...
Targeting Pods on Fighter Aircraft – A Must In Low Intensity...
By ARIE EGOZI
Times have changed and systems that in the past were considered a "luxury" for air forces are now basic equipment.
Until ten years...
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...
The Link Between North Korea And Iran
North Korea performed another missile launch this Sunday that appears to be successful at putting a satellite in orbit, according to South Korean military...
UAS AeroVironment’s Puma AE Certified for Commercial Operations in the Arctic
This 'Restricted category' certification marks the first time the FAA has approved a hand-launched unmanned aircraft system for commercial missions.
The U.S. federal Aviation Authority...
Russia Successfully Test Launches Anti-Satellite Missile
Russia has apparently conducted a successful test launch of its Nudol direct ascent anti-satellite missile. This is the second test of the new weapon,...
China’s Response for The Western Stealth Fighters
China displayed its technological arsenal with a number of air surveillance radars at the 11th Zhuhai Air Show in China. Among them were state-of-the-art...
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OpenAI’s New Cybersecurity Push May Create a Problem of Its Own
Software vulnerabilities remain one of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity. Modern organizations operate thousands of applications, cloud services, libraries, and dependencies, making it increasingly...
