Sandia Displayed Mine Rescue Robot at 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge
Engineers from Sandia National Laboratories in the U.S demonstrated real-world robotics successes at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials 2013 Expo this week (20-21 December)...
Controversy Over London Police Use of Tasers
The London Metropolitan police want to use Tasers. This has created a lively debate about the use of this non-lethal weapon.
One argument in favor...
Israeli Owned Firm to Supply Secure Mobile Solutions to U.S. DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Group selected Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd.,...
Tijuana, Mexico to Adopt UAVs for Emergency Response
Tijuana believes in unmanned air systems (UAS). The city plans to use UAS to monitor traffic, evaluate accident scenes, detect landslides and control wildfires.
The...
Egozi’s Fury – Israeli Authorities Unprepared for Storm
I could have just copied what I wrote earlier, on the mess that is the long-dysfunctional Israeli emergency response authorities. But the magnitude of...
U.S Coast Guard to Acquire Non-Lethal Impact Munitions
The U.S. Coast Guard is gathering information from suppliers of “Non-Lethal Impact Munitions,” which the Coast Guard might furnish to its maritime boarding teams...
Israel Interested in Acquiring New Fire Fighting Aircraft
Pressure is on for Israel to improve its fire fighting fleet. A new version of the Airbus C-295 is being evaluated. In the wake...
New American Aircraft Ready for HLS Missions
Textron’s new Scorpion aircraft may begin to perform homeland security missions with its maiden flight is planned for the coming days.
The Scorpion is equipped...
Seventeen Teams Qualify for DARPA Robotics Challenge
Seventeen teams have qualified to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials Dec. 20-21 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The teams and...
India and U.S. Law Enforcement to Cooperate Against Terror
India’s Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde sought enhanced cooperation between the U.S. and India to "secure our cities and our people". This comes as...
NIST Tests for DARPA Robotics Challenge to be Held in December
On Dec. 20-21, research teams from around the world will be competing in the trials of the DARPA Robotics Challenge—a mock-up of a disaster...
Fast Draw – Court Lenient Towards Abusing Policemen
Our judiciary system is going through some ugly processes right now. There are many examples, but a new low was reached yesterday.
Two Border Patrol...
New Thermal Imaging Cameras for U.S. Border Patrol
The U.S customs and borders (CBP) has awarded a contract worth more than $67,000 to General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies, Inc. to supply its...
The Upgraded MIDS Tactical Command Vehicle
Renault Trucks Defense and Thales SA have unveiled the new version of the MIDS tactical command post vehicle.
Integrating a mobile system for managing large-scale...
Fighting Fire Over Water
The Israeli National Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority is focusing more and more on fire fighting at sea, developing new procedures and training programs...
LAPD SWAT’s New Night Vision Devices
Los Angeles Police Department Metro Division’s D-Platoon (SWAT) has announced the selection of the Laser Devices (LDI) DBAL-A2 with high power green laser (Part...
Unmanned Systems – Saving Human Lives
Roadside bombs in Afghanistan, mines in the Persian Gulf’s shipping lanes, blazing infernos in downtown neighborhoods – danger seemingly lurks around every corner.
Throughout time,...
NYC Police Cameras Could Prevent Abuse of Power
According to Fierce Homeland security when a New York judge found that the NYPD's stop and frisk tactics violated the constitution, one of the...
Winners of NY Hurricane Protection Ideas Competition Announced
Ten of the ideas submitted to the Rebuild by Design competition, launched by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force were selected as the most...
Gas Masks: Toward the End of the Line?
By Meir Elran and David Friedman
The emerging proposition in the Israeli defense establishment, reported recently in the media, to shut down the gas masks...
U.S. DHS Launches First App
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a major sharing service update to its First Responder Support...
Drug-Smuggling Super Tunnel Beneath U.S.-Mexico border
Law enforcement officials in San Diego recently discovered a “super tunnel” used to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico to an industrial park in San...
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Did 10 Million Discord Users Get Exposed? Researchers Aren’t Convinced
Reports of large-scale data breaches typically trigger immediate concern, especially when they involve platforms with hundreds of millions of users. However, a recently published...
