First Responders

After years of informally using social networking sites and Internet activity in general to find, monitor and sometimes manipulate terrorist suspects, U.S. SOCOM (Special...

Researchers are taking crime scene fingerprint identification to a new level. They have discovered a straightforward concept for identifying whether a culprit is male...

New body cameras embedded into police officers’ uniform offer automatic, policy-based recording functionality, helping police officers automatically capture, offload and view media evidence. Manufactured...

Yesterday a new airborne rescue platform was installed on an Israeli Air Force helicopter for the first time. This is the newest addition to...

As we learn from experience, most of the trapped victims in the aftermath of earthquakes and other natural disasters are rescued by by-passers, rather...

Getting lost while hiking can turn out bad, really bad. Search-and-rescue statistics show that you’re twice as likely to die if you get lost...

לעברית לחץ כאן . Many people still feel that what they do with their Smartphones is private.  They would be surprised to learn what law enforcement...

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...

Croatia closes seven of the eight road crossings after 11,000 people, who were turned away from Hungary, flooded into the country in a matter...

A Department of Homeland Security firewall, meant to detect and prevent hacking attempts by nation-states against the US government, is apparently not very good...

Here in Israel, we know all too well the dangers cross-border tunnels pose. It seems we are not alone in realising this danger. More...

  In last three years the world experienced three huge disasters. The first, in January 2010, was a strong earthquake in Haiti which caused the...

“We are the main police force that keeps law and order in the rural areas but we also have a major role in supporting...

The new helicopters the Israeli Police intends to acquire will also feature firefighting capabilities. This, according to Fire & Rescue Commissioner Shachar Ayalon who...

Figures released by the UN seem to speak for themselves: by 2030, over 60% of global population will reside in urban centers. This development...

This last weekend was a highlight for 23 teams from around the world that took part in the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency contest....

In a cost-saving move, Pentagon contractors subcontracted their work to the Russians, a four-year probe concludes. The probe was started in 2011 after John C...

Beretta unveiled it’s new Tikka T3X TAC A1 tactical bolt-action rifle at SHOT Show 2017. Tikka rifles are made in Finland. According to Tikka’s website,...

Lockheed Martin and Israeli StemRad are studying First-responder radiation shield for potential deep-space application. The StemRad 360 Gamma is designed to provide maxmimum protection...

The Fire Fighting Authority in Israel is conducting a series of live drills in the Judea and Samaria District, focusing on putting out building...

A new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) unveiled recently is designed for use in defense, disaster relief, and rescue missions. The J8 Atlas Xtreme Terrain...

This year's Consumer Electronics Show ushered in a new term that is destined to become as common as "Google" in the near future: wearables....