First Responders

Will the U.S aviation authorities succumb to the pressure for a wide use of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) for commercial purposes? For now, the US...

They are small and well hidden and they can detect an invasion. You can find them along the borders of more than 30 countries,...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly Video report (March 10th 2015): Cyber in the IDF: Warfare and Security Terrorism Finance: Experts Worry ISIS Already...

U.S DHS launches $25K prize for innovative ways to track first responders indoors during incidents. The Homeland Security Department's research and development arm announced it...

  Another weapon system may find its way from army to anti terror use in complicated situations. The XM25 is an air burst grenade launcher. It...

Aviation enthusiasts or someone that wants to gather intelligence about French military installations? This is the question the French security organizations are trying to...

This threat is an imminent - and the U.S is not ready. A New York financial regulator recently said he is considering new rules to...

A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S. This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...

Cyber warfare is a growing an imminent threat on the U.S. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is planning to join the growing list of...

Three New Yorkers were arrested last week on terrorism charges after they attempted to join Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Syria, federal authorities said. Two of...

Prop guns are converted to deadly weapons. Blank-firing guns make for fun movie props and nice showpieces. But with the right tweaks, they can...

The French government has asked leading social media and tech firms, Google, Facebook, and Twitter to work directly with French law enforcement agencies in...

Following its official announcement last Friday, admitting its database was hacked, Uber has been taking legal action. The transport solutions app is pursuing legal...

The FAA's proposed drone legislation: the return of the nanny-state After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) finally issued its official draft proposal...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly Video report (March 3rd 2015): The international campaign against ISIS Bad Iran Deal in the Offing Innovative Face Recognition...

A new way of detecting chemical weapons: thin-film materials change color in response to chemical warfare agents. In today’s world, in which the threat of...

The Polish army will use new assault ramps especially for anti terror operations. The agreement was with the Concept company located in Bielsko-Biala, regarding...

Almost 13,000 agencies in all 50 states and four U.S. territories have been participating in a military “recycling” program. The share of equipment and...

A prominent feature of many terrorist attacks in recent months by Islamic radicals is their independent, spontaneous, unplanned nature – sometimes called the work...

Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...

A new collaborative effort of explosives detection innovation The Los Alamos National Laboratory is leading a collaboration of strategic public and private partners focused on...

Toronto Police confirmed the existence of a mysterious underground chamber near York University Monday, after a CBC report raised the specter of an attack...