Robot Arm Will Help Transfer Wounded Soldiers
RE2 Robotics has been contracted by the US Military to design an assistive manipulator arm, basically, a robot arm, to help speed-up the transfer...
Are Putin’s Special Forces Catching Up?
Russia’s military is often seen as a bit backward compared to NATO allies and the U.S. — with dated equipment, low budgets, and problematic...
AR Headset Will Enable Soldiers to See What’s Around Corner
The newly unveiled Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR) headsets aim to give soldiers “situational awareness,” making it possible to map and locate targets or talk...
New Training Methods Alter Military Mindset
The trend toward live, virtual, constructive or mixed-reality training is rising and raising investment and innovation in the United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
Israeli made UAS will have a new base in India
The coming year may bring in some desperately needed relief to men combating the Maoists in central Indian states in the form of better...
US Navy Researchers Develop Bio-Inspired Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have designed and developed novel underwater propulsion, control, and sensing solutions for near-shore and littoral zone...
Is Canada a cyber-superpower?
The secret hacking tactics of Canada’s intelligence agency
Canada’s electronic surveillance agency has secretly developed an arsenal of cyber weapons capable of stealing data and...
Military aid to Israel: an increase of 25%
The bad relations between president Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu create headlines but the defense officials know what is the value of Israel in...
German Ammunition Exports To Arab Region Increases
Although the overall German small weapons trade has decreased steadily falling by 42 per cent than previous year, Defense World reports that the small...
New ISIS Affiliate Joins The Fray In The Horn Of Africa
The Horn of Africa is now hosting a rather unpleasant guest: a new ISIS affiliate. Jahba East Africa distinguishes itself from al-Shabaab by vowing...
Is ISIS Building A Navy?
After establishing a reign of terror on lands in the Middle East and certain regions in Northern Africa, ISIS wants to extend its grip...
Predator Series Reach 4 Million Flying Hours
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announced that its Predator-series, including the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, and MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV’s, has achieved a...
New “Make in Saudi Arabia” Initiative?
Saudi Arabia plans to produce 16000 items for its armed forces locally by 2020. Is Saudi Arabia also following the Indian model of locally...
Wireless Sensor Will Evaluate Army Recruits’ Fitness
When we think about military injuries, we think of injuries having to do with guns and bombs, but studies have shown non-combat musculoskeletal injuries...
Chances for Indian Defense Contracts Attract Israeli and Global Firms
The Indian government is likely to approve long-pending deals worth around $20 billion by the end of the year. Huge defense contracts will operate...
Counterfeit parts in military and aviation systems – the problem is...
The first part of this story – reviewed the serious situation of having counterfeit electronic parts of dubious quality installed inside critical military and...
UAVs of the future: small, lightweight, silent, stealthy and feature advanced...
AERONAUTICS is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
The name of the game in today’s...
Cyber Warfare Is Not Yet Here
Sci-fi films of the past predicted that by this time the world would be inundated with hackers crashing whole financial systems, power grid, and...
ISIS In Libya Poses The Real Danger To The West
When rebels toppled Muammar Gadhafi in the fall of 2011 after 42 years as the country's dictator, Libya held elections, passed an interim constitution...
EU offers security assistance to Libya
The EU has responded favorably to a request from the new UN-backed Libyan unity government for security assistance – especially in managing migration, border monitoring,...
US Army To Test Rafael’s Trophy
Almost a decade passed since Israeli defence manufacturer Rafael premiered an innovative anti-missile defence system for armoured vehicles and tanks - the Trophy Active...
Drone Payload Market Expected to Grow
UAVs carry onboard a variety of critical electronic systems. Types of payloads include EO/IR, Cameras, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Sigint, Elint, Comint, MPR, Laser...
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Synthetic Threats Bring New Complexity to Real Air Combat Training
Large-scale air combat exercises face a practical limitation: creating a realistic battlefield can require dozens of aircraft, support platforms and air-defense systems operating simultaneously....
