New ATGM-equipped UGV Unveiled
Australian firm Cyborg Dynamics has unveiled a new anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)-equipped concept demonstrator of its tracked Warfighter unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), tentatively called...
Detecting Hidden Threats by Using New Technology
The U.S. military command charged with watching and protecting North American airspace is now using artificial intelligence to detect the threats that previously slipped...
Startup Competition: Connecting Firearms to Future Battlefield
During the past few years, we have been witnessing different technologies that are intended to enhance the future soldier’s capabilities in combat. There are...
Unexpected Technology will Enable Silent Communication During Operations
Silent communication is often a must in covert operations or when planning a surprise attack. New research funded by the U.S. Army Research Office...
Harnessing Heat for Power: Revolutionizing Energy on the Go
When you're camping in the great outdoors, powering essential devices like phones, radios, or portable lights is a challenge. But what if the very...
Vertical Take Off and Landing – Major Naval Advantage
The German Navy has just started at-sea tests of the SKELDAR V200 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aboard first-in-class...
New Counter-EW Capability Demonstrated
To navigate in electronic-warfare (EW) environments, armed forces need reliable and resilient GNSS/GPS positioning with anti-jam technology.
A new anti-jam technology for assured positioning, navigation...
Unmanned Combat Engineering Tank Being Tested
A new modified, unmanned variant of the M1 Abrams main battle tank went through testing recently in Washington. The Robotic Complex Breach Concept (RCBC)...
IEDs: Global Threat To Civilian Population
Several weeks ago an IED killed 20 people in a popular Hindu shrine in the center of Bangkok, and just a couple of years...
Patrol Vessel Or Submarine? Now You Can Have Both
Dubbed as the world’s first patrol ship with a diving capability, a vessel developed by Russia’s Rubin Central Design Bureau can function as a...
Humans and robots – the final countdown?
By Arie Egozi
It’s a turning point in history. A changed world. Humans vs Robots.
The Middle East has become one of the largest "war laboratories"...
UK’s Combat Cloud is Now Operationally Ready
The UK has successfully developed combat cloud capabilities. The combat cloud designed to network all future aircraft and other platforms is now ready to...
ISIS Update – First Half of January 2015
Main developments in Syria and Lebanon
Fighting between the forces of the Syrian regime and ISIS operatives in the area of the Deir al-Zor airfield...
Israeli Technology – Mini Robots Support Soldiers in Tactical Missions
One of the advancing and intriguing fields within the robotics realm today is the unmanned systems that support the combatant at the battlefield, that...
Augmented Reality Takes Flight in Military Training
Training attack helicopter crews for modern threat environments has traditionally required large training areas, multiple aircraft, and complex coordination. Even then, it is difficult...
Singapore Enhances Homeland Security to Counter Terrorism
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has to reorganize to respond to terrorism threat. "Now the reorganization occurs at a backdrop of changing assumptions, in which...
Study: Virtual training can save billions
Virtual training can save training costs by more than $1.7 billion over five years. This, according to a study by the U.S Government Business...
More Details on US Air Force’s Secrete Unmanned Project
The US Air Force wants to deploy a new unmanned platform. It is interested in a new type of low-cost yet advanced drone to...
Successful Live Firing Trials to IAI’s Barak Air Defense
Extended air defense capabilities achieved by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The company completed a series of successful live firing trials with the Barak Air...
Researchers Develop Energy-Efficient AI Chips for Small Drones Using Neuromorphic Computing
As small drones become increasingly capable of performing advanced tasks such as autonomous navigation and object recognition, one major hurdle remains: their limited battery...
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...
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This Chip Reveals Hidden Information When You Breathe on It
Security labels, optical data storage systems, and environmental sensors often face the same limitation: once information is encoded, it remains static. Creating materials that...
