Military

Egypt has been expanding its UAV fleet. Cairo signed a contract with the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for the supply of...

US adversaries are more and more capable of penetrating US unclassified or barely protected systems. The bulk of military satellite communication services are provided...

An experimental unmanned craft fitted out with advanced autonomous navigation tested recently performed a series of reconnaissance, interdiction, and patrol missions. The 9 m...

Small drones can cause destructive results if they are armed with weapons, especially when there are dozens of them flying in swarm in close...

iHLS is delighted to announce the Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Systems and Robotics - AUS&R 2018, the leading event held for the sixth...

The Indian government is looking to enhance its special forces. Special operation forces of the army, navy and air force will get a major...

Militaries across the world should urgently work to avoid the "unanticipated interaction" between individual AI systems, an electronic rights organisation has warned. Targeted at the...

It was recently announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has picked the Heckler & Koch M27 as its new infantry rifle. The new rifle...

A new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing hybrid drone was recently deployed by China’s navy on a guided missile destroyer. The rare move...

Getting supplies delivered to troops in remote areas is one of the logistics problems military forces confront. In many cases, it’s too dangerous to...

The adoption of blockchain technology - decentralized ledgers, smart contracts - is gaining traction across many different sectors. It is inevitable that military organizations...

Robot vehicles, often referred to by army weapons developers in the context of “manned-unmanned” teaming, are a fast-growing element of the developmental calculus when...

Like a swarm of insects, a swarm of boats can pose a threat as a larger, far more expensive warship might not be able...

Video analytics technology, the advanced security camera based algorithm analysis, has been undergoing a major revolution in recent years. Israel is at the forefront...

A recent publication by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center evaluates that ISIS still has drone warfare capabilities despite setbacks and Syria...

Extremists continue to explore ways to surprise their enemies. The Iranian-aligned Shiite Houthi group in Yemen operated a drone strike on a attacked a...

GPS technology has revolutionized modern warfare. Military organizations regularly depend on satellite technology for accurate positioning, timing and communications. But GPS signals received on...

Australia is enhancing its UAV fleet. The first of six MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance drones will be supplied to the Royal Australian Air Force...

For computer vision and facial recognition systems to work reliably, they need training datasets that approximate real-world conditions. Advances in computer vision approaches facilitate...

Turkey continues to showcase the capabilities of its local defense industry, with the recent test-firing of a locally-made HİSAR-A short-range air-defense missile in the...

The recent wave of deadly terrorist attacks in Europe, particularly in Paris, has raised questions regarding illegal firearms, such as deactivated Kalashnikov rifles, that...

The need for better data has been driving industries in large to adopt blockchain technology. Is blockchain going to change the global defense industry?...