Europe Wants to Keep Track of Migrant Route Surveillance With UAS
EU border patrol agency Frontex announced recently that it intends to use remotely piloted aircraft for maritime surveillance, adding drones to its existing portfolio...
US Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer Is Too Stealthy
The US Navy’s brand new futuristic destroyer has one little problem: it’s too quiet. The Navy’s new Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer is so quiet...
Israeli Made Radars – Sentinels of Economic Interests
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The recent cooperation agreements between Brazilian and Israeli companies have many reasons but one stands out very clearly - Brazil wants to...
Britain’s Trident To Get Cybersecurity Upgrade
Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent is getting a much needed upgrade to defend it from cyberattacks.
Potential attacks by hackers from Russia, China, ISIS, or...
World Military Spendings Rise By 1% In 2015
World military expenditure rose by 1 percent in 2015, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
The increase reflects continuing...
India Is Looking For More Drones to Monitor Borders
It is already common knowledge that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are taking up a significant role in the defense plans of many countries. In...
WATCH: DARPA’s Submarine Hunter In Action
We’ve written about it before, but the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on something truly spectacular: an autonomous ship that...
Defence sector: cutting costs, boosting production during recession – Yes, you...
Vickie Zisman
With the global recession in full swing for 8 years now and no improvement on the horizon, 2016 bearing especially bearish news, the...
Australia Seizes More Than 2,000 Weapons On Boat Bound to Somalia
More than 2,000 weapons including assault rifles, rocket launchers and machine guns were found hidden under fishing nets in a Somalia-bound boat, Australian Navy...
Underwater Drone Tech Could Doom Trident
Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine deterrent could be facing grave dangers in the future, a new report presented at Westminster parliament predicts. Technological progress in...
US Navy’s Railgun Could Find Home On Stealth Warship
The US Navy’s experimental railgun - an electromagnetic projectile launcher - has been grabbing headlines and making waves ever since it was revealed that...
China Builds Anti-Stealth Radar In South China Sea
China is entrenching in its position in the South China Sea. The rising power appears to be constructing an anti-stealth radar system on of...
DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Autonomous Ship Is Ready For Launch
We’ve written about it before, but DARPA has finally confirmed the christening of its brand new autonomous submarine-hunting drone ship, agency directory Arati Prabhakar...
Extending Coastal Defense to the Open Sea
Designated Coastal & Island Defense System (CIDS) the system provides authorities with the tools to enforce national sovereignty over coastal areas, islands and archipelagos,...
The Bottleneck in Big Data Use for Homeland Security
By Meidata
Big data has been at the forefront of intelligence, police, and even border control for a while. It is changing the way organizations...
Elbit Systems Introduces Seagull: A New Multi-Mission USV
Drawing on world class know-how derived from generations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) design, development and operation and its naval capabilities, Elbit Systems’ newest...
DARPA Developing Ocean-floor Dormant Pods
Imagine robot pods lying soundlessly at the bottom of the ocean, awaiting instructions to surface and launch long dormant drones. It may sound like...
UAV Strategy Could Help Malta With Borders
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for border control, surveillance, and humanitarian operations could provide the Armed Force of Malta (AFM) with capabilities beyond those...
New Radars To Bolster Malaysian Coastal Security
Malaysia announced a new contract with Airbus Defence & Space on 17 December 2015 for five Spexer 2000 Coastal radars, for an unspecified price....
Indian Navy Plans To Equip 23 Warships With Barak-8 Missile
The Indian navy plans to equip 23of its destroyers and frigates with Indo-Israel Long Range Surface to Air Missile system Barak-8.
The warships include aircraft...
Unmanned Aerial Systems On Israeli Navy Ships?
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The increasing use of UAVs by armed forces can be defined as a revolution.
Missions that in the past were solely performed by...
3D Printing Out At Sea
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