First Responders

Last Monday, October 15, iHLS’s AUS&R conference hosted a plethora of startups, organizations and individuals from the industry of Unmanned Systems. A unique addition...

In recent years, there has been a rise in drug trafficking and other illicit activities that utilize social media. Criminals increasingly use covert "dark...

Heavy body armor remains one of the most persistent physical challenges for soldiers, law enforcement officers, and security personnel. Modern plates provide essential protection,...

iHLS is delighted to host for the first time the prestigious Startup Competition for innovative technologies in the security, defense and homeland security fields,...

In addition to their military uses, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) routinely execute search and rescue missions, border patrols and more. The US Defense Department...

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Lithium-ion batteries power many of today's devices, from smartphones to electric vehicles. However, they also pose a significant fire risk, particularly when they overheat...

Frontline units and emergency responders increasingly rely on unmanned systems, yet most commercially available cargo drones still fall short of operational needs. Typical platforms...

Providing advanced medical care in remote or high-risk environments remains a major challenge. On the battlefield, the time between injury and treatment is often...

Commercial shipping, tourism and cruise ship traffic to the Norwegian northern archipelago of Svalbard and the surrounding marine areas have all grown dramatically in...

Skyryse, a leader in aviation technology, has teamed up with the U.S. Army to introduce cutting-edge advancements to helicopter operations, particularly enhancing the fleet's...

First responders may utilize the computing power of a smartphone throughout the workday to complete myriad tasks requiring connectivity in the foreseeable future, according...

Video data is exploding in size. The sheer volume of available video, and the man-hours required to monitor and review it, overwhelms many public...

A new Chinese drone known as the ‘Mavic 2 Enterprise’ drone now features swappable search and rescue accessories. The drone was upgraded specifically to...

Many industries nowadays want the ability to take the audio of a conversation and know the true feelings and hidden intentions of the speaker,...

A growing controversy has emerged over the New Orleans Police Department's use of facial recognition technology, following revelations that officers secretly leveraged live surveillance...

Lockheed Martin has exposed its LM-100J "FireHerc," a civil-certified firefighting airtanker variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules that is the airlifter of choice...

Disasters or emergency situations require substantial network resources to sustain and provide wireless connectivity rapidly. The exponential growth in mobile data traffic and in...

Three engineers from the University of Glasgow designed and built an AI-based drone system to help search efforts for hikers lost in the wilderness. While...

Drawing inspiration from an unlikely source—the California blackworm—a team of researchers at Harvard has developed a new class of robotic swarms that physically entangle...

Filming on water has long posed a challenge for aerial cameras. Conventional drones struggle with spray, wind, and the simple problem of takeoff and...

A new munition product addressing the less-lethal market was recently launched. The patented technology allows for delivering a significantly greater kinetic energy in a...