Turkey: From Close Cooperation to Fierce Competition
Turkey's defense industry exports reached an all-time high in 2013 of $1.4 billion, according to industry officials. In many areas the Turkish expert efforts...
Facebook To Acquire UAV Developer
Facebook, one of the primary backers of the Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people in the...
Ben Gurion University Wins Cyber Competition
Israeli cyber investor JVP announced that an innovative startup company from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev won the first ever Cybertition. The winner of...
Smartphones Replacing Passwords? Not Anytime Soon
By Natalie Novitski
Meet Google's latest net-security acquisition: The Israeli start-up SlickLogin. The company developed a technology that facilitates a simpler entry process into secure...
Not only in the U.S. – the shift from defense to...
The U.S. involvement in the Iraq war is over, and the country will soon withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Federal budgets cuts shrink agencies’ ability to...
Despite Budget Cuts, There’s Still Hope for Defense Electronics Suppliers
Despite the doom and gloom associated with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts, market analysts see silver linings for defense electronics suppliers...
Help! GPS malfunction!
If you are one of those drivers who require their GPS for navigating it can be excruciatingly annoying if the navigation device malfunctions for...
U.S. FAA Called to Expedite UAS Rulemaking
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) joined 31 other organizations in urging the Federal Aviation...
France and Britain May Develop Joint Combat UAV
In the meantime, Britain and France are on track to decide next year whether to jointly develop an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) following...
U.S. Budget Cuts? Not When it Comes to Cyber Security
The U.S.Department of Homeland Security has awarded work to four companies under its $6 billion Cybersecurity contract.
According to Federal Times the combined $60 million...
Systems in Action – Live Demonstrations Make all the Difference
When arguing for and against participating in Defense and Homeland Security related events (expos, conferences, exhibits) from a marketing point of view there are...
Pentagon, White House Outline Policies, Rules of Engagement for Cyber Ops
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy Eric Rosenbach cited Defense Department progress in creating a concept for operating in the newest warfare...
Report: The Fastest Growing HLS Markets
Middle Eastern countries are responding to the ongoing turmoil with rapid spending on homeland security & Internal Security technologies.
According to HSRC’s latest report,...
U.S navy fights Cyber attacks
U.S. Navy cyber warfare experts are spending as much as $899.5 million and are involving 13 technology companies for integrated cyber operations -- or ways to defend...
Britain gets ready to deal with Syrian chemical weapons
Britain is preparing to reinstate military units capable of securing Syria's chemical weapons axed in the spending review two years ago, as response to President...
The Danger of confusing Cyberespionage with Cyberwarfare
China has recently been accused of intense spying activity in cyberspace, following claims that the country uses cyber tactics to gain access to military...
Security Market: Israel Aims for Asia
By Arie Egozi, iHLS corespondent in Asia
The Israeli defense industries are in the process of storming several Asian markets, although they're encountering intense competition...
Russia in full swing in the homeland security market
Russia is offering different countries military hardware including for homeland security , in direct competition with Israel.
"Russia was not in this market until recently....
U.S. Experts: NSA Damages Economy and Internet Security
The U.S. National Security Agency’s (#NSA) actions have and will continue to cause “significant damage” to U.S. interests and the global Internet community, the...
Military Contractors Will Spy on Your Tweets
The U.S Army wants a contractor to conduct detailed social media data mining to “identify violent extremist influences” around the world that could affect...
Smart Cloud Service Receives U.S. Government Authorization
IBM’s SmartCloud for Government, infrastructure as-a-service cloud platform, has been granted Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program...
Report: Demand for UAVs Rises as Costs Drop
The falling cost of acquiring drones will see them increasingly used in warfare and surveillance, a leading think tank said Wednesday, although it believes...
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