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Turkey’s defense procurement bureau, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM in its Turkish acronym), has launched an international competition for the acquisition of a...
Tethered Antenna UAV For Improved Communication
Radio networks are a trusted technology, but it could become even better with the aid of tethered high antenna unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAS...
Pacific War Games: Can US And China Get Along?
Warships from 26 nations — including the United States and China — converged near Hawaii last week for a five-week series of exercises to...
Big Demand For IAI’s BirdEye 650D UAV
A number of armies negotiate the purchase of the BirdEye 650D from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) .
The small Tactical UAV has capabilities that are very...
MTCR – Out Of Touch With Reality
By ARIE EGOZI
The world is changing fast and some agreements that looked appropriate in the past are no longer valid.
One good example is the...
Hawaii Gun Owners To Be Placed On Federal Database
Hawaii has become the first US state to place all gun owners – both residents and visitors – in a federal database, CNN reports....
General Motors to Work On Fuel Cell-Powered UUVs With US Navy
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India Wants Predators, Technological Cooperation
India is looking to acquire a few Predator drones from the US, Defense News reports. Just days after India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited...
Washington vs. Israel’s Defense Industry
By Arie Egozi
If this is to be Obama’s administration’s final chord against Israel, then it is a very unpleasant one, or better yet -...
Iraqi Forces Use Consumer Drones Against ISIS
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) bring many advantages to the battlefield. One of the main ones is the ability to safely surveil enemy positions. Military...
Israel’s IAI, Elbit Join Japan’s Mitsubishi, Fuji For UAV Research
Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems of Israel and Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan are the companies included in the joint research on...
Watch: DARPA’s Cool New Tech
During a Demo Day in May, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) showcased some of its most exciting developments to members to...
French Lifeguards to Patrol Armed This Summer
The vacation season in France is about the start, and the French authorities have decided to place armed police lifeguards – who will also...
Lockheed Demonstrates Anti-UAV Radar Capabilities
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...
India Acquires Howitzers to Protect Border With China
India’s defence ministry approved a proposal to purchase 145 ultra light howitzer guns at a cost of $750 million from the British weapons manufacturer...
Pentagon Unprepared To Repel Cyber Attacks
In the event of a catastrophic cyber attack on civilian infrastructure, the US military’s Cyber Command is one of the first and major lines...
Real Time Mapping For First Responders
First responders face many challenges in their line of work, and the quicker they need to get the job done the higher the risks...
War on Terrorism – Everything Must Change
By Arie Egozi
As long as these were isolated and relatively rare terrorism attacks, the global war on terrorism could still use the same old...
Ground Version of the Barak -8 Successfully Tested in India
India today successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast.
The medium range missile, which will...
Is The US Losing Its Technological Advantage?
It is no secret that the United States military has over the last decades kept a steady and significant technological advantage over its adversaries...
Ukraine Grudgingly Seeks Defensive Technology
Ukraine, the war-torn east European country, has not yet gained approval to purchase lethal arms from the US. Until then, the Ukrainian military is...
Watch: Russia Develops World’s Smallest Grenade Launcher
Russia's anti-terror units have received the most compact multi-shot grenade launcher in the world. This grenade launcher, called The Bur, is just 74.2 centimeters...
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