Solar Powered Drone Continues Breaking Records
The solar-power AtlantikSolar unmanned aircraft system (UAS) last month demonstrated its ability to assist in search-and-rescue (SAR) missions associated with the refugee crisis occurring...
New Security Scanning Method under Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...
A South African Company Has Developed a New Drone
Paramount Advanced Technologies is developing a Persistent Surveillance Tethered Drone for missions such as border control and anti-poaching. They’re displaying the aircraft at the...
Royal Navy Starts Developing Unmanned Maritime Systems
The UK Royal Navy has tested an unmanned speedboat on the River Thames ahead of the Unmanned Warrior exercise, which takes place off west...
Growing Role of Video Analytics at the Security and Marketing Sectors
The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its functions have expanded to traffic control and...
New Video Analytics Search Engine
Valossa launched a new video analytics platform, Val.ai, which recognizes people, visual entities, speech and motion. It creates structured metadata for video summarization, discovery,...
National Policy on Biometric Applications Declared in Israel
The national policy on biometric applications was declared in Israel this week. The policy enables the balanced use of biometric applications and their advantages...
DHS Will Receive New Radiation Identifiers
The US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) will receive first regular shipments of
next-generation radioisotope identifier (RIID) systems this fall.
Symetrica’s Smiths Detection RadSeeker handheld...
New Developments at the AUS&R 2016 Confernece
As the presentations went on, the convention’s visitors got a clearer picture of expected developments in the unmanned aerial and land devices industry.
For example,...
Innovation in The Field of Airport Security
Next time you land at Austin-Bergstom International Airport you’ll have to walk through a new set of security doors before heading downstairs to grab...
New Video Monitoring and Security Solutions for Smart Cities
Three new Video Management Platform (VMP) models for video security and monitoring purposes were introduced by Hitachi Insight Group. The models combine virtualized compute...
Biometric Scanning Will Track Imposters at Border Checkpoints
The US government has implemented various measures to tighten border security, track visitors, and attempt to keep visitors with potential terrorist ties from entering...
High Potential for Audio Analytics in the Security Field
Audio analytics capabilities are increasing right alongside the more commonly used video analytics. Integrators who ignore audio are missing an opportunity to create better...
Advanced Explosive Detection Equipment to Enhance Airports Security
The Japanese government has provided airport security equipment worth US$ 20 million for three major international airports in Pakistan .
The equipment to Islamabad, Lahore...
Video Analytics to Manage Crowd Control in Train Stations
‘Intelligent video analytics’ were deployed by the Indian Railways in order to assess crowd density at major railway stations and initiate crowd control measures...
IoT Technologies Won the Olympic Games
The 2016 Olympics recently concluded were the most digitally connected Olympics ever. Numerous of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies were applied during the games...
What Privacy Implications for the New Drone Rules?
The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new regulations, that went into effect on August 29 for routine non-recreational use of drones, deal mainly with...
Anti-ISIS Task Force to be Deployed in Greece
Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, will deploy 200 counter terrorism officers to the Greek islands in an effort to thwart a “strategic”-level campaign...
Advanced Scanners Developed for Airport Passenger Screening
The Procurement Office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior signed a framework agreement with Rohde & Schwarz for 300 R&S QPS200 security...
New Uses for Video Analytics
Video analytics is the process of extracting information, meaning, and insights from video footage. Whereas image analytics looks at a still image and seeks...
Advancing Video Analytics Based on License Plate Recognition
A security software provider and an IP surveillance provider team up to make Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)-based analytics available and affordable.
PlateSmart Technologies, creator...
Data Aggregation Analysis for Customs and Border Authorities
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded ManTech International Corporation a prime contract to develop a joint service-oriented architecture prototype integrating operational data...
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A High-Speed Robot Boat Is Becoming a Floating Drone Carrier
Small, unmanned boats are increasingly being used for surveillance, logistics and other maritime missions, but their usefulness has traditionally ended at the water's surface....
