Military

Protection from aerial threats is critical for ships out at sea, being exposed to aerial assaults from any direction. Laser technology and its use...

Kurdish Peshmerga forces shot down an ISIS surveillance drone last week near the Mosul frontline in northern Iraq, reports ARA News, a Kurdish news...

Helping law-enforcement officers make better decisions when deciding when to use force has become increasingly important in light of the public debate on the...

DARPA has launched a program to develop secure handheld networks. The Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE) program will...

The fact that head-mounted virtual reality (VR) displays have become more affordable makes them more accessible to military trainers looking to cut costs by...

  A new shield offers multi-hit protection from armor-piercing rifle bullets and is easily carried by a single armed shield operator. The shield is constructed...

  The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...

The ability to send a command-and-control view to smaller units—or even individual soldiers—in the field has been a goal of the military for a...

The use of robotic systems in the maritime arena has been growing recently and many organizations begin to acknowledge the potential contribution at the...

In line with its strategy of innovation for the future of vertical flight, Airbus Helicopters is developing an experimental on board image processing management...

The weaponization of small and cheap consumer drones, including dropping improvised explosive devices, has urged conventional armies to look for new countermeasures and rapidly...

Boeing and the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) team recently bolstered America’s defense against long-range ballistic missiles, ahead of schedule, with the installation of the...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this special interview to iHLS TV, ThermoSiv Technologies founder and CTO  discusses the company, its products and its...

"Vacuums are being filled very quickly, " a source in the Israeli defense establishment told I-HLS. This, in reaction to the fact that Turkey...

The Russian military is conducting drills with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in Central Asian Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains amid a surge in Taliban activity on...

In current warfare targets in many cases can be hit only in a "window" that is a few seconds in size. The Rafael Spice-250 gliding...

South Korean researchers are testing unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to take on the threat of the fleet of military drones North Korea is...

The US Navy’s experimental railgun - an electromagnetic projectile launcher - has been grabbing headlines and making waves ever since it was revealed that...

Now that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are prevalent, the need for reliable and effective anti-UAV systems is becoming more urgent. We have written about...

Advanced marine electronics systems will be supplied to the US Coast Guard for enhancing situational awareness and navigation capabilities. FLIR Systems has been awarded...

A technology based on Virtual Reality simulation offers a safe, cost-effective way for parachute jumpers to hone skills and plan missions before taking to...

The US Army has been pushing to make systems more user-friendly to the average soldier in the field. Soldiers will have to operate systems...