Military

Technology designed to detect earthquakes is now showing unexpected potential in airspace monitoring. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have demonstrated that seismic...

Modern battlefields are shaped as much by the electromagnetic spectrum as by physical terrain. Communications, sensors, navigation signals, and targeting systems all depend on...

As short-range air-defense systems improve, many unmanned aircraft are being intercepted long before they reach their targets. Slow propeller-driven drones, even in large numbers,...

Modern navies face a growing mismatch between aging capital ships and the demands of future air warfare. Aircraft carriers must now support heavier aircraft,...

Modern naval forces face a difficult equation at sea. Warships are expected to operate closer to contested coastlines, where radar clutter, civilian traffic, and...

Modern intelligence collection is facing a structural problem. Traditional spy satellites are powerful but scarce, expensive, and vulnerable. With only a handful in orbit,...

Ice remains one of the most underestimated hazards in transportation. On roads, invisible ice contributes to a significant share of weather-related crashes each year....

Undersea operations present a persistent challenge: distance and endurance. Oceans are vast, and autonomous underwater vehicles must travel long ranges before reaching their mission...

As unmanned aircraft become central to modern combat, another challenge is emerging: what happens after a drone goes down. Crashed systems can contain sensitive...

Identifying military equipment quickly and accurately remains a challenge, particularly in fast-moving operational or training environments. Analysts and personnel often rely on manual comparison,...

Modern ground forces are under increasing pressure to operate with less exposure while maintaining mobility and firepower. Carrying heavy equipment, securing movement routes, and...

As military systems generate growing volumes of data, managing information has become a challenge in itself. Tasks such as personnel administration, logistics planning, and...

While Big Data is already extensively used in the civil domain, for instance helping companies to improve decision-making based on customer spending (big) data,...

South Korea has been accelerating its efforts to develop and manufacture its own technologies. A prototype of the South Korean Medium Altitude Long Endurance...

By Arie Egozi After a long period in which the Israeli government has treated the country’s space industry as if it belonged to a foreign...

We in iHLS are delighted to open the fifth cycle of our Security Accelerator. The new batch of startups was selected earlier this week...

New systems that distinguish between enemy and friendly forces were exposed by an Israeli company. Thermal Beacon Ltd. developed high-end, innovative thermal IFF (Identification...

Stealth technology is set to enter the world of ground combat. On the battlefield of the future, the widespread ability to kill tanks and...

The US Air Force has been enhancing its anti-unmanned aircraft capabilities with innovative technologies. An $18 million follow-on contract for the delivery of numerous...

A new design concept for a future semi-catamaran aircraft carrier was devised by Russia’s Krylov State Research Center (KSRC). The model of a future non-nuclear...

During training and even operational missions, an unfortunately common occurrence among troops is death by friendly fire. The situation is even more difficult for...

Situational awareness is the ability for military leaders and others to know what is happening in any given situation and to make better decisions...