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Mercedes-Benz and Google Introduce Advanced AI-Powered Virtual Assistant for Cars

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Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Google to introduce a groundbreaking conversational AI system for its MBUX Virtual Assistant, offering drivers an entirely new way...
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Innovations in Naval Systems Exposed During Exercise

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Preparations for the 2017 Trident Warrior exercise, where US sailors are exposed to the newest innovations in naval systems warfare and provide feedback on...

Protecting the Israeli Aviation Infrastructure

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By ARIE EGOZI A big effort is being made to protect the Israeli aviation infrastructure from Cyber attacks. The threat is real and imminent. A cyber...

Microsoft says NSA spying hit trust in the cloud

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A senior Microsoft spokesman says that government surveillance has damaged trust in the cloud and in the company itself, pushing the latter to focus...
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India Demonstrates Offensive Drone Swarm Capability

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For the first time, India has demonstrated an offensive swarm drone system that simulated taking down a range of targets, ranging from tanks, terror...
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What’s on Program at the Forthcoming Conference on Future Forces?

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Cutting-edge technological responses to the future warfare challenges will be the focus of the conference on Future Forces that will be hosted by iHLS...
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3D-Printed Drag Reduction Tech Promises Major Fuel Savings for Military Aircraft

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The U.S. Air Force is nearing a major milestone in enhancing the efficiency and capabilities of its C-17 Globemaster III fleet with the implementation...

The Biggest Hoax – “Syria Clean of Chemical Weapons”

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The international chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday that Syria had met a key deadline for “the functional destruction” of all the chemical weapons...

Mass Shooting Incidents Can be Prevented

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There has been 323 mass shooting incidents in the United States during 2018. This number is 346 for the year 2017 and 382 for...
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Extreme Drone Uses – Now Targeted by FAA 

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A drone flamethrower attachment that can allegedly spray fire, and a chainsaw attached to a drone, are only some of the dangerous drone attachments...

Poland To Establish UAV Base

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Unmanned aerial vehicles are taking a central place in the operation of air forces all over the world. No self-respecting army today passes on...
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Improved Situational Awareness at Battlefield

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The successful execution of ground combat operations depends on gaining and maintaining situational awareness of terrain, friendly troops, control measures, weapon systems, and enemy...

AUS&R 2016: The Presentations

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After the gathering and demonstration of grounded and aerial unmanned technologies, the presentations began. First to go was Lt. Col. Momi Alkobi, of Maf’at. Lt....
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Advanced Airborne Sensor Successfully Tested

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A wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor was flown successfully aboard an RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft at a test range in Oregon. A WAMI sensor is...

Frogmen, beware !

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DSIT Solutions has unveiled its family of operational underwater fully automatic diver detection systems, designed for a variety of defense and HLS applications. The AquaShield...
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Australia Enhances its Maritime Surveillance Capabilities

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Australia is enhancing its UAV fleet. The first of six MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance drones will be supplied to the Royal Australian Air Force...

Robots can be used to fight Ebola in Africa

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How does the United States allow health workers to help West Africa while minimizing their risk? One answer that the White House may be...

Hackers Made Off With Massive FBI, DHS Employee Database

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A rogue hacker group managed to penetrate the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secure network and make off with a database containing the...
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US Defense Industries Under Threat

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China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets and other sophisticated...

Energy Companies Aim for Drones

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Unmanned systems 2014 - Energy companies are looking forward to upcoming unmanned aerial vehicle regulations that could allow them to use drones to monitor...
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Cooperation Regarding Laser Rangefinder Gets Upgrade

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Russia’s Shvabe, a firm that’s been working with its Chinese partners for over 15 years and is part of Rostec Corp, has delivered LDM-2VK...
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This UGV Can Cope with 30-Degree Slopes

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The Netherlands has been enhancing its Army with unmanned capabilities. The Army has recently received two THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles developed by Milrem Robotics,...

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No GPS? This Quantum Sensor Navigates by Reading the Earth

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Modern ships depend heavily on satellite navigation, creating a vulnerability when GPS and other GNSS signals are jammed, spoofed or unavailable. In a contested...