Machine Learning will Boost Airport Security
Conducting airport security missions can be a complex task, which sometimes results in more than a few missed threats. Now, machine learning might help...
Terrain Dominance – The civil aspect: Crowd control at huge events
The horror scenario of evacuating tens of thousands of residents living near hazardous materials facilities, refineries or military industries requires an immediate control capabilities...
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...
Iris Scanning Technology – the New Digital Border Wall
Biometric technology has been taking a leading role in the deterrence of unauthorized immigrants at the US-Mexico border.
Recently, 31 sheriffs, representing every county along...
An iHLS Startup: Augmented Reality Used for Medical Emergency
Most of us have heard stories, if we haven't witnessed them firsthand, of close family relatives having some sort of seizure or being severely...
New Crime Prediction System
A new crime prediction technology has been creating controversy. Brett Goldstein, an ex-cop, founded CivicScape, a technology company that sells crime-predicting software to police...
An iHLS Startup: Technology Saves Lives in Burning Skyscrapers
Few people know, but the reason fire procedures instruct people to refrain from elevator use in case of a fire in a high story...
Not only in the U.S. – the shift from defense to...
The U.S. involvement in the Iraq war is over, and the country will soon withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Federal budgets cuts shrink agencies’ ability to...
Update: Recent Developments at AUS&R Unmanned Systems Conference
The leading conference and exhibition in the field of unmanned systems and robotics, AUS&R, has been gaining more momentum in the world and in...
Help! GPS malfunction!
If you are one of those drivers who require their GPS for navigating it can be excruciatingly annoying if the navigation device malfunctions for...
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...
Drones as Vital Law Enforcement Tools
Drones have become powerful and vital law enforcement tools. Police in Norfolk, England, will soon be using drones to help search for missing people,...
The week ahead: House eyes passport holders linked to ISIS
U.S Lawmakers this week will focus on the threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members using western passports to enter the...
Trump Can Build The Wall, It’s Not Enough
As the first instalment of a new wall along the US southern border gets underway, border security experts told lawmakers they're already working with...
Another Solution Against Ramming Attacks
Police departments throughout Europe keep trying to find solutions to counter terrorist ramming attacks in public places. Now, the London Metropolitan Police (MET) is...
Joining Forces Against Terrorist Threat
Various security forces in Europe have been gradually adapting to the new terrorist threat reflected in recent years’ lethal attacks.
Ireland’s military special forces, the...
New Biometric Solutions Sought
The UK government is looking to meet with biometric technology firms to help determine existing marketplace capacity to provide fingerprint devices and capture software,...
A start of an American wakeup?
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey says there is no way the Boston Marathon bombing suspects acted alone. Mukasey said that the FBI is too...
Big Data in the Service of Police
With access to more personal data than ever before, police have the power to solve crimes more quickly, but in practice, the influx of...
Fairfax County, Va., provides real-time access to police data
Using an overhauled mapping app, citizens can access hundreds of police service calls, in addition to neighborhood disturbances, thefts, drug or sex offenses, and...
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 Tool for First Responders
Shortly after 9/11, reports began to emerge that one of the reasons many firefighters died in the attack was that police helicopters circling above...
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No Commander, No Problem: These Robots Self-Organize Through Physics
Coordinating large groups of robots usually requires complex software, wireless communication, and centralized control systems. But these approaches can become fragile in unpredictable environments...
