Effective Management Tool for Large Scale Emergency
Command, control and coordination are highly important when dealing with an emergency situation. An application for managing major incidents and events now has a...
Army-Police Cooperation in Australia’s Anti-Terrorist Response
Australia’s Federal Government has been bolstering its anti-terrorist capabilities. Among the reforms - South Australia’s elite police squad will be trained by the military...
New Tools To Sift Through Data
After major terrorist attacks, pieces of information that could have potentially prevented or mitigated the threat are often found. The problem faced by analysts...
1,282 People From State Sponsors of Terror Overstayed Visas
A recent US Department of Homeland Security report on visa entry/exit overstays for fiscal year 2015 highlights glaring deficiencies in enforcement, with 1,282 individuals...
New Terahertz Laser Tech Could Detect Bombs
A team of researchers from MIT and Princeton have built a new system for detecting chemicals used in explosive. The system is based on...
Internet of Things – Security Risks in Smart Bulbs
Are manufacturers of internet-connected devices putting functionality over security?
The Internet of Things opens up a world of possibilities, but using interconnected devices such as...
Vehicle Ramming Attacks – Are There Any Security Measures?
A terrorist attack carried out by a lorry driver ramming into the crowd is very hard to prevent, it can cause untold damage and...
New Technique to Find Latent Prints at Crime Scenes
A new technique has been developed to assist in finding latent prints at the crime scene. In a crime scene examination, investigators collect items of...
Living in the future – technology as urban infrastructure
Google announces the formation of Sidewalk Labs, whose goal is finding technological solutions to issues rising in urban living such as living expenses, transportation...
Big Data Will Protect Megacities
Urban living is soon to become the dominant form of human habitation. In 2014, more than half the global population resided in cities. It’s...
Multipurpose Unmanned and Piloted System Tested
The operational testing of the Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system in Virginia will be expanded
The Centaur, a large UAS developed by adding autonomy-enabling...
Innovation in The Field of Airport Security
Next time you land at Austin-Bergstom International Airport you’ll have to walk through a new set of security doors before heading downstairs to grab...
Thermal Cameras – Will They Prevent Shootouts in Public Places?
Over the backdrop of the shootout attack carried out in a public domain, the city of New Orleans has been considering the use of...
Emergency Vehicles to Help Map Radiation Threat in City
A radiation threat detection system was successfully tested recently by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA’s SIGMA program—whose goal is to prevent...
Free Body Camera for Every Police Officer
A new program will equip every police officer in the USA with a body camera. TASER International has launched the new program that will...
What Privacy Implications for the New Drone Rules?
The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new regulations, that went into effect on August 29 for routine non-recreational use of drones, deal mainly with...
New Airport Security Checkup – Lie Detector
A new lie-detecting kiosk that can spot changes in physiology and behaviour during interviews with travelers is currently being tested. It could be used...
Budget Cuts in US Airport Security Programs
The proposed wall along the US-Mexico border has been causing budget cuts in other crucial areas. Three airport security programs put in place after...
New Approach to Border Security Risk Assessment
A new data-driven technology will detect border security risk. Two companies will collaborate in the development of an advanced data analytics solution for automated...
New Platform Will Assist First Responders
Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...
DHS Is Calling For Ways Of Improvement
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a request for information, stating that it wants businesses to present it with their most cutting-edge...
Police Drones Vulnerable to Hijacking
We’ve have written at length on these pages about the dismal state of security in most consumer-grade tech products. For many manufacturers, it seems,...
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Aerodynamic Expertise Meets Defense Tech: The Technology Bringing Aircraft Safely Back...
Apco Aviation Defense is a graduate of the INNOFENSE Innovation Center operated by iHLS in collaboration with IMoD. This unique acceleration program removes entrance barriers to...
