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The emergence of homemade explosives has placed many challenges on aviation security screening. In an attempt to cope with the threats, the US Department of...

A new technology will enable airport security scanners to detect explosives in an improved method. A team of physicists at the University of Sussex,...

Medical emergencies for fans during sports events can quickly turn into life-or-death situations. Purdue University researchers have developed a technology to help police monitor...

Passenger drones are trialling Dubai and Singapore, urban drone deliveries are taking off in Iceland and Switzerland, and companies around the world are refining...

The US Homeland Security Department is investing in machine learning technology that could help foreign countries increase airport security at zero cost. The agency’s Science...

Growing terrorist threats to transportation systems around the world and the possibility of a massive attack have brought about an increase in security measures...

Saudi Arabia has been coping with complex public safety challenges. The Saudi Government is hosting the Hajj, the largest worship procession, gathering three million...

Caltech engineers have managed to develop an algorithm that reliably re-routes incoming bird flocks, which could be invaluable to airports worldwide. According to the California...

With over 120 million passengers arriving in the US each year via hundreds of different airports, putting the right people in the right queues...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has entered an agreement to provide advanced defense systems to Israel Navy’s Sa’ar-6 corvettes. The systems will be used to...

The proliferation of IoT technology has resulted in hundreds of thousands of connected systems being embedded in many a city’s critical infrastructures, enabling city...

Emergency responders rely on real-time and accurate information for enhanced situational awareness and safety. Now they will be able to have better information about...

For the first time, facial recognition technology will ever be used at the Olympic Games. A large-scale facial recognition system will be used to...

The Israel Airports Authority has recently established a special Cyber defense center in Ben-Gurion international airport. The decision to establish the dedicated center was made...

During recent years, drones have experienced an unprecedented boom within aviation.  Coinciding with the increase in popularity, incidents involving drones in tourist areas, as...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to test computed tomography scanners (CT), a state-of-the-art 3-D technology at select U.S. airport checkpoints. The new technology...

A driverless all-terrain vehicle equipped with GPS and cameras trained to recognize animals is soon to join the security fleet at the Edmonton International...

By Arie Egozi Israel is accelerating the development and deployment of systems that can protect the country's gas pumping rigs in the Mediterranean. This comes...

One of the challenges faced by anti-UAV technology is how to neutralize threats when they emerge, with civil infrastructure like airports having restrictions that...

A new deep learning facial recognition technology has been unveiled recently. Jointly developed by Panasonic Business and the National University of Singapore, Face Server’s...

Security cameras are exposed to cyber threats, including information theft and privacy breaching. The cameras have become more and more vulnerable to breaches and...

The protection of critical and business facilities from possible security breaches by unmanned aircraft has become more needed, and technologies that monitor and potentially...