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,...
What Could be Detected with Bogus Bomb Detectors?
Pakistan continues to use bogus bomb detectors ADE-651 to guard its vital facilities such as airports and government installations despite being officially banned last...
More than Half Million Drones – Challenge to Authorities
At a recent conference at the White House on the future uses of drones in US airspace, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) director told the...
Technological Solutions to Help Secure Healthcare Institutions
Violent attacks in hospital wards and healthcare institutions can pose a serious challenge to security authorities. Technological solutions can help tackle this problem.
In...
Liquid Fingerprinting Technology will Aid First Responders
A new technology, Watermark Ink (W-INK), can distinguish liquids by their surface tension. The technology that can perform instant, in-field characterization of the chemical...
The Modern American Hero: Unmanned Vehicle?
With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) like the Reaper and Predator drones, it is becoming increasingly clear to many military strategists that...
Academics to Help Advance Homeland Security Innovations
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $40M funding opportunity for an institution to lead a new...
Ransomware Threatens IoT Devices
Ransomware attack is one of the scenarios that security experts have been worrying about regarding the widening use of the Internet of Things. It...
Drones Fitted with Cameras in Service of Crime
UK Police are having to investigate the rise in the number of crime reports involving commercial drones.
An investigation by The Independent has found...
Accelerating Wearable Technology for First Responders
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced the kickoff of EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology for First Responders, a pilot program using business accelerators to...
Failure on the Gaza Border
By Arie Egozi
The advanced technological array installed along the border fence with Gaza did not prevent the infiltration, two days ago, of a Palestinian...
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This Software-Defined Shield Could Help Drones Survive Electronic Warfare
Electronic warfare equipment can help aircraft detect hostile emitters, recognize threats and protect themselves from electronic attack. The problem is that traditional EW systems...
