First Responders

Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its models of optionally-piloted helicopters and small UAS can work together to successfully locate and extinguish...

Motorola Solutions adds technology to MTP3000 Series TETRA radios to meet mission-critical demands. The entire MTP3000 Series of Terrestrial Trunked Radios (TETRA) from Motorola Solutions...

Since its creation almost 14 years ago, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has had one goal...

A radiation threat detection system was successfully tested recently by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA’s SIGMA program—whose goal is to prevent...

All over the world , organized crime threatens peace and security. And yet, of the current 28 UN peacekeeping, peace building or special political...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working on establishing rules for private and commercial operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). However, it is still...

Some of the most dangerous threats encountered by the military, law enforcement, first responders and emergency personnel - like toxic, airborne chemicals - are often...

A rapid DNA identification technology developed by the US Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has recently been used to...

More advanced security technologies are demanded by the cargo shipping industry. A transportation security technology company launched the latest in a suite of risk...

Fire fighting doesn't just mean dowsing flames, it also means rescuing the wounded and trapped, often under very harsh conditions. Two important tools for...

Command, control and coordination are highly important when dealing with an emergency situation. An application for managing major incidents and events now has a...

Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) will return to Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the coming days , as part of...

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...

A buckeye pilot landing in northern Israel on Saturday was attacked by two hijackers. They threatened the pilot at knifepoint and demanded he take...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a framework of regulations allowing routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Robots, Less Lethal Weapons and more: the Israeli Military Industry is expanding into the Homeland Security area Nobody at IMI is waiting for the company’s...

Four Australians were among 21 people arrested as part of a six-month international Homeland Security sting. Two people from the were charged with buying illegal...

A recent US Department of Homeland Security report on visa entry/exit overstays for fiscal year 2015 highlights glaring deficiencies in enforcement, with 1,282 individuals...

The GRIFF 300 drone combines a lifting capacity of up to 300 kg and a long flight time (30-45 mins). The large drone, manufactured...

 Researchers in the United Kingdom and France have developed a new and extremely sensitive method for visualizing fingerprints left on metal surfaces such as...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it would allow four private companies - Trimble Navigation, VDOS Global, Clayco Inc., and Woolpert Inc. -...

The emergency service of Ireland is currently researching the use of the remote-controlled aircraft, also known as “Quadcopters”, for major incidents in what have...