Could the Ebola virus become a bio-terrorist threat?

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Lawmakers and infectious disease experts are examining whether terrorists could use Ebola to deliberately infect and wreak psychological havoc on an unsuspecting population. This...

The Flying Hospital That Rushes Wounded Soldiers to Safety

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The key to getting a wounded soldier from a battlefield to a hospital is stabilization -holding off the damage done by bullet or bomb for...

Preparedness and Response to a Mass Casualty Terrorist Event

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Explosive devices are the most common weapons used by terrorists. The damage inflicted in recent events in India, Pakistan, Spain, Israel, and the United...
disaster

Communication Sharing Across Border During Disaster

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During a disaster, thousands of people are trying to communicate through the same network at the same time in the same area. This results...

Could the Weather Company change emergency alerting?

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In 2013 alone, The Weather Company delivered more 150,000 weather alerts to two-thirds of U.S. adults, and it now is targeting its reach to...

911 in Israel: A centralized emergency center

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How many citizens have already paid with their lives and how many more will pay in the future for the lack of a centralized...

Israeli systems on the future Canadian SAR aircraft?

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Canadian government procurement specialists are scrambling to release a bid package to industry for a multibillion-dollar military search-and-rescue (SAR) aircraft after a scathing report...

The Ebola epidemic: Carriers difficult to detect

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On Thursday, the Nigerian government announced that they had started screening passengers at international airports for signs of Ebola after a passenger showed up...
Iot technologies

Another Step Towards Making Cities Smarter

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The US has been harnessing IoT technologies in attempt to advance a wide array of Smart City applications as well as in response to...

Travelers from Ebola-affected nations restricted to 5 U.S. airports

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The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Tuesday that travelers from three West African Ebola-affected countries will now be required to enter the...

Israeli Airborne Rescue: The MDA Helicopters

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Two farm workers, badly burned A child's hand stuck in a gate, with several fingers severed A traveler in the Judea desert suffering a heart attack These...

US: 35 hospitals designated as Ebola treatment centers

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The U.S is bracing to deal with Ebola. An increasing number of U.S. hospitals are now equipped to treat patients with Ebola, giving nationwide...

iHLS TV – The FBIs Next Gen system, airborne intelligence, India’s...

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iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (4 November 2014): The FBIs Next Gen system Airborne intelligence India's defense deal Gun violence in the US Bio-hazard protective gear

Future Forces News Flash – Technology in disasters

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The Future Forces conference attracts attention of the international media and experts from all over the world. In his lecture this morning, Prof. Pinny Halpern...

Canadian DND orders iRobot 510 PackBot CBRN robots

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iRobot has secured multi-year contracts for the delivery of iRobot 510 PackBot reconnaissance, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) recce systems to the Canadian...

Belgian Expert: WHO Messed Up Ebola Response

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A Belgian scientist who helped discover Ebola in 1976 has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of mismanaging the current outbreak response. Peter Piot, an...

IHLS TV – Interview with Dr. Pinchas Halpern

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In an interview with Dr. Pinchas Halpern, Director of emergency department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky medical center, following his talk at the Future Forces conference, Dr....

Ebola: Australian-run center in Sierra Leone opens for business

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An Australian-run medical center for Ebola patients has opened in Sierra Leone overnight, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has announced. Australia’s Foreign affairs minister...
protect the protectors

Protecting The Protectors

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First responders are constantly looking to improve, sharpen their senses and abilities and put their hands on the most innovative and useful equipment. Now,...

The MDA’s New Emergency Medical Care Motorcycles

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This week in Jerusalem: The MDA's (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) new emergency medical care motorcycles started making their rounds. The...
rescue

Landrover’s New Rescue SUV Comes With a Drone

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Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a special version of the new Land Rover Discovery SUV for use by...

Elbit unveils innovative flight system

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Elbit Systems recently completed a series of successful helicopter flight tests in Zurich, using the SkyVis Day/Night Head Mounted Display (HMD) onboard an AW-109SP...

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This Balloon-Launched Missile Is Designed to Ignore GPS Jamming

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Electronic warfare has become one of the defining features of modern conflict. Jamming systems can disrupt satellite navigation, interfere with communications, and reduce the...