Prepare to Takeoff – 2016’s AUS&R Unmanned Systems and Robotics Convention
The Unmanned Systems and Robotics AUS&R 2016 international convention has been attracting the attention of world’s leading states and defense industries, including the US,...
3-D Printer Plastic Firearm Confiscated in Airport
Airport screening agents at Reno’s International Airport in Nevada confiscated a plastic handgun produced with by a 3-D printer from a man’s carry-on luggage....
Russian Air Force Deploys in Syrian Base
Russia plans to turn the Hmeymim base in Syria into a fully operational facility for its armed forces. The air base began operations in...
Better Communication for First Responders
First responders often have trouble communicating with each other in emergencies. They may use different types of radios, or they may be working in...
Drones Instead of Engineers in Effort to Find Landslides
Drones help protect West Virginia from landslides.
Woolpert Inc., a Beavercreek-based engineering firm, says its UAS are now monitoring landslide areas in northern West...
Hoverboards – From Now On in Real Life
Implant Sciences Corporation, an American company from the explosives-trace-detection business is in the process of purchasing Zapata Industries SAS, a French hoverboard company that...
Drone Detecting Radars Equip Helicopters
The navalised variant of the the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (Hokum-B) attack/reconnaissance helicopter - the Ka-52K Katran - will be equipped with a compact active...
Anti-Terror Patrols on UK-France Ferries
In the wake of several terrorist attacks in European countries, including France, armed French police have begun patrols on cross-Channel ferries in a bid...
Farewell Remote Controllers, Hello Brain Controlled UAV’s
A new research out of Arizona State University with DARPA funding.
Using a skullcap fitted with 128 electrodes wired to a computer, researchers are able...
Pakistan to Establish Homeland Security Department
Pakistan will set up a special homeland security cell/directorate that will clear the visa applications of foreigners on the pattern of the US Department...
Delivering Medical Samples, UAVs Save Lives
Michigan-based Vayu, Inc. made history when it completed the first ever series of long-range, fully autonomous drone flights with blood and stool samples this...
New Publication: US Drone Anti-Terrorist Attack Policy
The White House has released an edited version of President Barack Obama's once-secret policy on using drone aircraft to combat terrorists around the world,...
Sniper Rifles Used by Syrian Armed Forces
The Syrian Armed Forces are using the VSK-94 special sniper rifles supplied by Russia. According to TASS Defense, citing Syrian media, "the servicemen of...
How to Manage a Cybersecurity Emergency Event?
A mission form the Israeli Public Security Ministry recently visited an emergency center in the US in order to learn more about methods to...
UAS with High Resolution Cameras to Iraq
Iraq is to acquire the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a USD8.3 million deal announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Insitu...
Aerostats with Cameras for Internal Security Missions
Aerostats serve for various missions in the homeland security sphere.
Russia’s National Guard is planning to purchase four PA-60 aerostats in 2016-2017, the press office...
Initiatives for Safely Operating Multiple Drones
Last week the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted the first-ever Workshop on Drones and the Future of Aviation, which gathered...
Uniform of The Future – Breathable and Protective
In work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a group of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has created a material...
What’s Behind the Corner? Imaging System will Know
A time-of-flight imaging system enables the indirect observation of hidden scenes via computational back-projection. Applications for this non-line-of sight technology range from small scenes...
Cyber Knowledge Can Get You Brand New SUV, for Free
Two men jailed in Houston and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may have exploited an electronic vulnerability...
UAVs for Maritime Environment Protection
The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) announced that it had deployed Arcturus T-20 JUMP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to the coast of Sonora...
Aircraft Nearly Hit by Quadrocopter UAV
Drones might risk commercial aircraft while flying nearby.
Lufthansa Airline company confirmed an incident involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone,...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
