New Rifle for French Army
The French army has chosen the German-made Heckler & Koch HK 416 carbine to replace, by 2017 according to an official statement, its iconic...
Robot to Disarm Suspects at Airports
The Chinese AnBot robot was introduced to a terminal in one of China’s busiest airports, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, to help with security checks...
New Video Analytics Technology for Challenging Conditions
A new video analytic technology launched recently is suitable for real-world scenarios where monitoring conditions are challenging.
Face Recognition video analytic is ideally suited...
Communication Solution for Flood Threats?
Mobile communications company Ping4Inc. has been awarded a development contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to assist first...
New Key Offensive Cyber Player: Germany
A special cyber security unit of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) conducted its first offensive cyber operation abroad when it broke into an internal...
Quadrupt Robot will Climb Over Fences and Detect Mines
Most robots are wheeled or tracked, because of the difficulties and expenses entailed in getting robot legs to animate properly. However, a new medium-sized...
Major Upgrade for Bangladesh SWAT Unit
The Bangladesh police headquarters have decided to launch SWAT-like teams in all divisional cities to combat armed terrorists, after the elite tactical unit of...
New UAV for Military Use and Disaster Areas Surveillance
A new UAV - the Łoś - has been designed by the Polish WB Group company to meet the needs of the Polish Armed...
Britain to Update Cyber Security Systems
Britain's GCHQ security agency is considering developing a nationwide internet firewall to block malicious content and protect government networks from rocketing numbers of attacks,...
A New Homeland Security College Founded
Fifteen years after 9/11, the spectre of terrorism remains a global threat and, in response, the University of Albany, New York, announced that it...
Are US Elections’ Software Systems Critical Infrastructure?
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering more protections to help states secure voting systems during the November elections. DHS has recently stepped up...
Solar Powered Drone Continues Breaking Records
The solar-power AtlantikSolar unmanned aircraft system (UAS) last month demonstrated its ability to assist in search-and-rescue (SAR) missions associated with the refugee crisis occurring...
Calm Down: New Behavioral Testing Tool Found
In order to examine reasons for chaos during emergencies and which areas in a building are especially hazardous during an emergency, an international research...
Start-Up: Cyber Security Software from Hardware Point of View
It's no news that today institutes from all sectors, international banks to hospitals, are seeking for a complete cyber defense layer. Cyber DriveWare, which...
New Security Scanning Method under Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...
Detector Can Identify Explosives Used in the Brussels Terror Attack
A non-radioactive, hand-held explosive threat detector, now has the additional capability to detect and identify TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide). This was the explosive substance used...
Gun Ownership in the USA – New Findings
Americans own an estimated 265 million guns, more than one gun for every American adult, according to a new survey portraying US gun ownership...
A South African Company Has Developed a New Drone
Paramount Advanced Technologies is developing a Persistent Surveillance Tethered Drone for missions such as border control and anti-poaching. They’re displaying the aircraft at the...
Growing Role of Video Analytics at the Security and Marketing Sectors
The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its functions have expanded to traffic control and...
New Video Analytics Search Engine
Valossa launched a new video analytics platform, Val.ai, which recognizes people, visual entities, speech and motion. It creates structured metadata for video summarization, discovery,...
National Policy on Biometric Applications Declared in Israel
The national policy on biometric applications was declared in Israel this week. The policy enables the balanced use of biometric applications and their advantages...
AUS&R 2016 – Great Interest in Autonomous Systems Field
AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere.
The convention was a remarkable...
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