First Responders

Wildfires in California are expected to increase, and it is assessed that by 2100 the frequency of extreme wildfires would increase, and the average...

A new system developed by MIT researchers uses a neural network and radio signals to track people through walls in real time. It doesn’t...

A portable Identity verification is one of law enforcement’s most pressing needs. The sooner police officers can identify suspected dangerous people, the lower the...

Developing any new product for first responders requires complex and resource-intensive testing. Testing interfaces in real emergencies could expose first responders to high risk....

An innovative project could save lives. A self-piloting drone ambulance that could carry a single person for up to 150km at a maximum speed...

CES 2019 electronics show reflected some major shifts that will characterize world technology in the near future. Four trends stood out above the others,...

Are you a disruptive startup in the security field? We at the iHLS Security Accelerator are looking for innovative ground-breaking technologies offering solutions for civilian...

Amazon has been urged to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police. The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are...

Video surveillance has always been a critical component in enabling security and ensuring public safety. From deterring crime, recording incidents and responding to threats,...

A first-of-its-kind emergency evacuation drill using drone technology was performed by Nevada and California agencies. During the drill on the Nevada-California border just north...

A new version of the Black Hornet nano-UAV enables the warfighter to maintain situational awareness, threat detection, and surveillance for battle damage assessment, pre-deployment...

The consequences of the Big Data revolution in all the technological fields and the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with this regard were the...

China has invested heavily in facial recognition technology for its law enforcement. China’s President Xi Jinping is supposedly enthusiastic about ways to use artificial...

A new technology will enhance the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) counting and measuring capabilities at ports of entry. Counting and measuring is...

In many terrorist attack events, first responders do not have immediate access to real-time information from the scene, or from victims that are being...

Rescue missions and law enforcement operations often require working at heights, and coping with unique rope access challenges. Rescuing survivors from buildings in the...

DeTect has completed the commissioning of a HARRIER Ground- Based Sense-and-Avoid (GBSAA) radar in Spain. The system, supplied to a provider of aerial emergency...

A non-lethal development may be useful to military and law enforcement agencies. The StunStick device, an electro-muscular incapacitation system designed to subdue its targets...

The recent “Yellow Vest” riots in Paris bring into mind the potential power of the combination of high-resolution digital video capture of protesters and...

Military Drone/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market was estimated to be over USD 5 billion in 2016, and will have a market value of more...

A criminal-tracking database was successfully integrated with a platform that can make cross-references in order to provide security and surveillance at stadiums and other...

Due to communications challenges during the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, the 9/11 commission recommended the establishment of a single,...