DARPA Launches Improved Web Search Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked for proposals to help improve Web searches for defense and other agencies and eventually the public. Initially,...
Polish Army Looking For Battlefield Simulators
The Polish Army is looking to acquire tactical battlefield simulation systems, according to a tender announced by the army’s Armament Inspectorate. The simulators are...
Elbit Believes In Startups, Joins iHLS Defense Startup
When iHLS defense startup accelerator was only just established, one of the very first companies to join was Elbit Systems, which is represented by...
Space Debris: A Growing Threat
The U.S wants improved tools to track space debris. The current efforts are aimed at tracking orbital debris that could endanger satellites, the Defense...
Nigeria: How Security Threats Unravel New Markets
By Meidata
Nigeria is increasingly prominent in the international media in the context of security issues, especially in light of news regarding the abduction...
Surprise – Russia to buy UAS from the UAE
If this story is true than it is very strange according to Israeli sources.
According to RIA Novosti The Russian military is planning to purchase...
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...
LA Olympic Games Security Could Cost As Much As $2 Billion
Security for the 2024 Olympics could cost $1 billion and more, if the games take place in Los Angeles, according to some estimates.
In an...
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...
The U.S DHS Seeks Advanced Metal Detectors
The Federal Protective Service (FPS), a unit of DHS, is gathering market research information from companies capable of supplying commercial-off-the-shelf or government-off-the-shelf walk-through enhanced...
First “East of Suez” UK Naval Base In 40 Years Begins...
by Konstantin Bodragin
UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond and his Bahraini counterpart Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa held a groundbreaking ceremony last weekend,...
EU to reshape it’s defense industry
A reshaping plan of the EU defense industries may create additional problems for the Israeli defense industries, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry officials.
AFP...
New Appointments at IAI
The IAI Board of Directors, headed by Rafi Maor, made two new appointments based on recommendations by CEO Yossi Weiss.
Colonel (Res.) Jacob Galifat was...
Semi-Autonomous UGVs Will Drive the Industry for the Next Decade
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) represent a tiny portion of vehicle inventories globally, but replacing and complementing manned vehicles with unmanned systems is a powerful...
F-35 Completes First Transatlantic Flight
An Italian Air Force F-35 completed the fighter jet’s first transatlantic crossing Friday, a historic event that kicks off a landmark year for the...
New Explosives Detector Receives DHS Approval
Implant Sciences Corporation announced that the QS-B220 explosives and drugs trace detector has been issued a SAFETY Act Designation from the Department of Homeland...
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...
iHLS TV – Special Israeli Innovation Edition
News items mentioned in this episode:
IAI's new Airbus Military C-295 aircraft
Rafael's new DLV-53 data link for drones
Elbit's Sea King flight simulator
IAI develops unmanned version...
Civil Drone Activity in U.S. Expands
In another expansion of unmanned aerial systems efforts, the Ohio/Indiana UAS center is partnering with one of its most active ranges for flying drones.
The...
Poland’s HLS Market: Opportunity for Israeli Companies
Israeli defense companies aim to get a bigger slice as possible of the new Polish defense budget. Some of the planned acquisitions are connected...
The “Death Ray” is on the horizon ?
The impressive success of the Rafael "Iron Dome" rocket interceptor, has not caused many people in Israel and other countries , that dream about...
Israeli-Owned Firm Competes for U.S. Border Security Contract
DHS’s plan to deploy fifty surveillance towers across southern Arizona is temporarily on hold, following a protest by Raytheon that the agency improperly awarded...
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Inspired by Diving Birds, This Drone Masters Air and Sea
Collecting data at sea often requires researchers to choose between two very different types of vehicles. Aerial drones can quickly survey large areas but...
