Quadrupt Robot will Climb Over Fences and Detect Mines
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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...
SWAT Team Used Robot to Disarm Suspect
Los Angeles County SWAT team used a robot to snatch a rifle from an attempted murder suspect. Officials said the unprecedented use of the...
New Drone with Robotic Arms for “Hands-On” Operations
A large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to directly accomplish a variety of tasks, was developed by Prodrone Co. The...
DHS Will Receive New Radiation Identifiers
The US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) will receive first regular shipments of
next-generation radioisotope identifier (RIID) systems this fall.
Symetrica’s Smiths Detection RadSeeker handheld...
AUS&R 2016: The Presentations
After the gathering and demonstration of grounded and aerial unmanned technologies, the presentations began.
First to go was Lt. Col. Momi Alkobi, of Maf’at. Lt....
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Two hours ago the AUS&R convention, hosted by iHLS has begun. The annual convention, the fourth and biggest of it’s kind, will focus on...
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