New Thermal Imaging Cameras for U.S. Border Patrol
The U.S customs and borders (CBP) has awarded a contract worth more than $67,000 to General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies, Inc. to supply its...
The Upgraded MIDS Tactical Command Vehicle
Renault Trucks Defense and Thales SA have unveiled the new version of the MIDS tactical command post vehicle.
Integrating a mobile system for managing large-scale...
Fighting Fire Over Water
The Israeli National Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority is focusing more and more on fire fighting at sea, developing new procedures and training programs...
Semi-Autonomous UGVs Will Drive the Industry for the Next Decade
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) represent a tiny portion of vehicle inventories globally, but replacing and complementing manned vehicles with unmanned systems is a powerful...
The Syrian Conflict Could Impact Terrorism for Decades
The conflict in Syria will likely have consequences for international terrorism for decades to come, Brian Michael Jenkins of the Rand Corp. said during...
LAPD SWAT’s New Night Vision Devices
Los Angeles Police Department Metro Division’s D-Platoon (SWAT) has announced the selection of the Laser Devices (LDI) DBAL-A2 with high power green laser (Part...
Global HLS Market to Reach $546 Billion by 2022
The global homeland security and public safety market will grow from $305 billion in 2011 to $546 billion in 2022, says a new report...
Estonia Hosts European Cyber-Defense Excercise
NATO countries and partner nations on Tuesday started large-scale cyber defense exercises aimed at testing the alliance’s ability to fend off cyber attacks against...
Russia, Canada, U.S. to Hold Anti-Terror Drill
Russian and North American military officials have held a first planning meeting for next year’s joint anti-terrorism drills involving the Russian, US and Canadian...
Unmanned Systems – Saving Human Lives
Roadside bombs in Afghanistan, mines in the Persian Gulf’s shipping lanes, blazing infernos in downtown neighborhoods – danger seemingly lurks around every corner.
Throughout time,...
New Bottle Scanning Solution for Airport Security
Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology which may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They have...
NYC Police Cameras Could Prevent Abuse of Power
According to Fierce Homeland security when a New York judge found that the NYPD's stop and frisk tactics violated the constitution, one of the...
Israeli Cyber Security Firms Draw Foreign Interest
The intensification of cyberattacks on corporations and government agencies has led to a surge of new companies offering cybersecurity solutions. Israel boasts some of...
U.S. to Destroy Syrian Chemicals at Sea
After failing to find a country willing to allow its territory to be used for disposing of Syria’s chemical weapons, the United States is...
Winners of NY Hurricane Protection Ideas Competition Announced
Ten of the ideas submitted to the Rebuild by Design competition, launched by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force were selected as the most...
Defenders of TSA Behavior Detection: Israel, Australia Do It
In the wake of a report calling the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) behavior detection program unscientific, defenders of the program pointed to similar efforts...
Navy AUV Sets Mission Endurance Record
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, has executed a record setting 507 km (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission...
Big Data Transfer Solution Recieves U.S. Government Authorization
Raytheon’s High Speed Guard big data transfer solution has received Cross Domain System Authorization and Authority to Operate for Secret and Below Interoperability (SABI),...
AUS&R Preview: The Magal Roboguard
Magal will present its Roboguard robotic solution in the upcoming AUS&R 2013 exhibition. The Roboguard replaces humans in securing border fences. It uses a...
Gas Masks: Toward the End of the Line?
By Meir Elran and David Friedman
The emerging proposition in the Israeli defense establishment, reported recently in the media, to shut down the gas masks...
Egozi’s Fury
The so-called “agreement” with Iran has been signed. The Iranians are brilliant, and not just brilliant nuclear scientists. Their production should land them the...
U.K. Company Delivers Naval Target Drones to South Korea
Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd has successfully completed phase one of a two phase C-Target 9 program with South Korea. The highly maneuverable, ultra...
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No GPS? This Quantum Sensor Navigates by Reading the Earth
Modern ships depend heavily on satellite navigation, creating a vulnerability when GPS and other GNSS signals are jammed, spoofed or unavailable. In a contested...
