The Face of the Bubbling Armed UAV Industry
The extensive use of drones by the US in Iraq and Afghanistan has raised debates over issues like civilian deaths, international law, efficacy of...
Upgrades For Indian Tanks? Come To Israel
Recently ordered Russian T-90MS tanks of the Indian Army will come without advanced protections systems, prompting India to weigh the acquisition of these defenses...
New Bullet Proof Jackets – Better Mobility to Special Forces
The Indian Air Force will equip Its special forces with bullet-proof jackets. Learning lessons from experience of its Garud commandos during the Pathankot airbase...
New Artillery Warhead for Fight Against ISIS
A new artillery warhead is retiring an outdated cluster-bomb round on the battlefields for U.S. Army Central in the Middle East and Southwestern Asia....
New Rifle for Long Range Accuracy
Beretta unveiled it’s new Tikka T3X TAC A1 tactical bolt-action rifle at SHOT Show 2017.
Tikka rifles are made in Finland. According to Tikka’s website,...
US Steps Up Anti-UAV Measures
With the increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles on the military sphere, there has been a growing demand for anti-UAV defence systems, that are...
Pentagon in Search for New Developments in Robotics
The Pentagon has been assembling a large network of government, private-sector and academic technology experts in an attempt to secure access to critical technologies...
Russian Stealth Fighter to Be Tested Soon
Russia’s T-50 PAKFA fifth-generation stealth fighter is about to undergo flight testing by military pilots for the first time. The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)...
New Command Suite Integrates Information on Single Display
A new version of an integrated command suite was released recently, enabling the organization and collapsing of previously disparate data and systems from different...
Disposable Drone Will Vanish After Accomplishing Mission
A new research project funded by DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is developing an autonomous drone made out of cardboard that...
US Military Adopts Microsoft’s Hologram Technology
Microsoft’s HoloLens hologram headset systems are already being used in the Australian, Ukrainian and Israeli military forces, and now the US military is also...
New Sniper System – Under Development
The Russian Instrument Design Bureau (KBP) is developing the KSV heavy sniper system for the Russian Armed Forces. The Russian military is planning to...
New Laser System Developed for Future Battlefield
Researchers at BAE Systems believe that within the next 50 years, battlefield commanders may deploy a new type of directed energy laser system, called...
Submarine-Hunting Unmanned Vessel Will Get Warfare Capabilities
The US navy is expanding the mission capabilities of its experimental submarine-hunting drone ship so that it can engage in surface warfare missions, fire...
The Arrow-3 Joins Israel’s Aerial Defense Array
The Arrow Weapon System (AWS), the uppermost tier in the Israeli strategic capability, enters into a new era in its defense from ballistic missiles...
UAV’s – But Not Only
By Arie Egozi
The UAV's market has been boiling with growing demand answered by a greater competition among the manufacturers.
This situation forces the Israeli manufacturers...
Big Data Fusion for Military Intelligence and Business
Advances in unmanned aircraft, micro-technologies, biometrics, robotics and processing hardware have resulted in an unprecedented flood of business intelligence as well as operational intelligence...
Turkey Looks to Support Local Arms Industry
Turkey's state-owned Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) delivered the first 500 serially-produced MPT-76 battle rifles to the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC).
These units...
Modular Assault Rifle to Be Adjusted for Various Missions
The German armed forces are replacing their assault rifles. Two companies, Rheinmetall and Steyr Mannlicher, have joined forces to manufacture and market the RS556...
New World Record for UAV Flight Duration
A small diesel-powered unmanned aerial vehicle broke the record of UAV flight duration. A small business effort backed by the US Defense Advanced Research...
Lockheed Martin to Supply Submarine Undersea Surveillance System
Lockheed Martin Corp. is being awarded a contract modification for the production and support of Acoustic Rapid Commercial off-the-shelf Insertion (A-RCI) systems for the...
Robots in the Air – Robots on the Ground
By Arie Egozi
It begins to look like an episode from a science fiction movie - along the border between Israel and the Gaza strip,...
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Building Tech for Two Worlds? INNOFENSE Is Looking for Dual-Use Startups
Building on the success of previous cycles and the progress of participating technologies within the defense sector, iHLS and the Ministry of Defense invite...
