Drones to Execute Rail and Road Tunnel Inspections
The inspection of road tunnels is operated regularly in order to detect anomalies. Drones may now replace inspection teams in this demanding task. The...
Mobileye-Intel Deal: Boost for The Autonomous Vehicle Industry
The recent purchase of the Israeli autonomous vehicle technology firm Mobileye by the Intel Corp. for $15.3 billion puts a spotlight on the rapid...
Marine Corps Technological Breakthrough – Composite Armor System
Sixteen development prototypes for the U.S. Marine Corps’ next-generation Amphibious Combat Vehicles 1.1 (ACVs) will be fitted with a special composite armor system from...
Weapon Detection Technology Developing In a New Direction
Hard Car Security, a firm from California, recently announced it plans to incorporate a built-in weapon detection system into the walls of client locations...
Start-up: Analyzing Video, Using a Smarter Method
The video analytics field has been driving the tech world crazy during the last couple of years. The new possibilities opened by designing a machine...
New Simulation Technology For Disaster Management
Environmental Tectonics Corporation’s (ETC) Simulation business unit has been awarded a contract from the Netherlands Defense Materiel Organization for the delivery and support of...
New Police Tool for High-Speed Pursuits
The cost of high-speed pursuit can be high: there is a risk of injury or death to officers, bystanders, and offenders, financial exposure for...
Israeli Active Protection System Iron Fist – Ordered by NATO State
Israeli supplier IMI Systems was chosen by BAE Hagglunds from Sweden and by the Dutch Armed Forces to supply them with its Active Protection...
Active Protection Systems to be Integrated onto Combat Vehicles
The US Army is expected to make key decisions regarding the integration of Active Protection Systems (APS) onto a variety of combat vehicles next...
How Do Drivers Respond to Emergency in Autonomous Vehicles?
Drivers are quick to accept and grow comfortable with fully autonomous vehicles, however they are not quick enough to take back control in an...
New Berlin Airport Aquires High Level Security
Many new security systems are developed for airports over the backdrop of the U.S. Safety Act which encourages companies to develop anti-terrorism technology. One...
New Police Tool for Road Pursuits
Kustom Signals Inc. recently introduced the new Long Range accessory for the LaserCam 4, a fourth generation hand-held video LIDAR.
LaserCam 4 continually zooms...
Protecting Future Tanks from Explosive Impact
A bendable titanium alloy suspension system inspired by the hard shells and flexible legs of ironclad beetles could hold the key to protecting future...
Revolution in Automotive Forensics
Vehicle systems store a vast amount of data such as recent destinations, favorite locations, call logs, contact lists, SMS messages, emails, pictures, videos, social...
Vehicular Cybersecurity – Also for Police Car Fleet
Researching vehicular cybersecurity and its role in future law enforcement was the focus of the first part of a project carried out as a...
NASA’s UAS Program Moving In Fifth Gear
During the following weeks NASA partners will fly five unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), beyond visual line-of-sight of their human operators, to test planning, tracking...
New Situational Awareness System for Armored Vehicles
Raytheon Company is developing a new technology to provide extensive situational awareness for soldiers inside windowless armored vehicles, as part of the Defense Advanced...
Towards the IoT Conference
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an innovative field developing rapidly. In daily life it is about connecting computers and various smart devices such...
Uber Uses Selfies for Enhancing Security
Uber ride-share services has been rolling out a new security measure tested in Atlanta and a few other cities in the US — using...
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...
US-Japan Cooperation in Development of Armored Vehicle
An unnamed US firm has approached Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy (MHI) for a possible partnership to develop an armored vehicle.
Hisakazu Mizutani, the head of MHI's...
Armored Vehicles will Receive Rafael’s Remote Weapon Stations
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., developer and manufacturer of land, air and naval systems, has won a contract to supply its advanced Samson Mk...
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Autonomous Ground Vehicles Are Heading to the Front Lines
Keeping frontline units supplied has always been one of the most dangerous tasks in military operations. Vehicles carrying ammunition, equipment, and spare parts often...
