Homeland Security Steps Up Security at Federal Buildings
The U.S Department of Homeland Security is increasing security at federal buildings as a result of growing concern over lone-wolf terrorist attacks such as...
Speech Recognition Tech in Service of Police
When police officers are busy entering incident reports into their patrol car laptop, they often face severe challenges such as decreased situational awareness, distraction...
A Smarter Camera That Tracks Movement, Not Frames
Modern sensing systems face a growing challenge: too much data. Traditional cameras capture and process full image frames continuously, even when little is changing...
Phishing Attack Targets Meta Advertisers with Fake Account Suspension Notices
A new phishing campaign, identified by cybersecurity company Cofense, is preying on businesses that advertise on Meta's platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The attackers...
Biometric Databases Interoperability to Be Implemented For First Time
Databases can encompass huge amounts of important data, yet if they are not connected with other related databases, their effectiveness might not be optimal....
Autonomous Robot Deployed to Tackle Crime in Atlanta
Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward, particularly Boulevard Street, has seen a troubling rise in criminal activity, with locals reporting frequent sightings of gunfire and violent...
Unmanned Marine Surveillance Platforms Tested
The United States is evaluating unmanned maritime surveillance technology in support of Coast Guard efforts to protect its maritime borders and commercially navigable waterways.
The...
New Scanner to Offer Less Strict Security Checks at Airports
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to test computed tomography scanners (CT), a state-of-the-art 3-D technology at select U.S. airport checkpoints. The new technology...
Leveraging AI to Make Latent Defense Data Usable
Researchers evaluate that 99%-plus of the data that the US DoD collects is dark and was never exploited. Artificial intelligence powered by cloud computing...
Social Media Simulator Participates in International Cyber Exercise
What would happen if an unfriendly nation tried to take down the US power grid, or the air traffic control system, or blow up...
First iHLS Startups Accelerator Company Raises Funds
First capital raise by a company participating in the iHLS Startups Accelerator.
The Israeli startup company IMNA Solutions of entrepreneur Israel Haikin completed a...
Why Do Cyber Criminals Target OT Systems?
By 2025, cyber attackers will have weaponized operational technology (OT) environments to successfully harm or kill humans, Gartner research firm predicts. OT is a...
Why Future Autonomous Scouts Won’t Depend on GPS at All
Modern military operations increasingly take place in environments where GPS cannot be relied upon. Electronic jamming, urban terrain, dense foliage, and underground spaces can...
INTERPOL Acquires Powerful Biometric Platform
In the same way that criminals use ever more innovative and sophisticated ways to avoid detection, law enforcement must also benefit from the latest...
Innovative Rotary UAV to be Showcased at AUS&R 2018
Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RUAVs) are one of the most intriguing systems in the field of unmanned systems and robotics, that will be showcased...
Security Accelerator’s Innovative Developments Showcased at Missile Defense Conference
Side by side with the impressive weapon systems presented at the exhibition of the IAMD Missile Defense Conference, the hundreds of visitors had the...
Startup Competition: Meet Tech that Reveals Personality from Face Analysis
A new technology reveals personality from facial images at scale to revolutionize how companies, organizations and even robots understand people and dramatically improve public...
Smart Watch to Fulfill New Role
Firefighters, law enforcement officers and other first responders have to be constantly connected. Legacy communication systems or smartphones are not always the right and...
Want To Hack The Pentagon?
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced that it’s accepting applications for its “Hack the Pentagon” initiative. This would be the first time...
Another Way Autonomous Swarms Are Learning to Think Together
Coordinating large numbers of unmanned systems has become one of the central challenges of modern autonomy. Most drone operations still depend on centralized control,...
Drone’s Use to Regulate Back to School Traffic
Drones can supply real time information on routes traffic jams, providing a “bird's eye view” for surveillance and improving city traffic information and management.
The...
Aerostats with Cameras for Internal Security Missions
Aerostats serve for various missions in the homeland security sphere.
Russia’s National Guard is planning to purchase four PA-60 aerostats in 2016-2017, the press office...
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A New Anti-Drone Turret Fires in Every Direction at Once
Small drone swarms are becoming increasingly difficult to stop using traditional air-defense systems. Conventional remotely operated gun turrets usually rely on mechanically rotating toward...
