Additional violation of privacy
We’ve already grown used to the surveillance cameras. Now there are microphones beside the cameras and in the not-so-distant future facial recognition apps will...
How does one SPOT a terrorist?
A secret 92-point checklist, obtained and published Friday by The Intercept, reveals for the first time what kind of passenger behavior can merit a...
Real Time Embedded Systems: The Fine Line between Success and Failure
Itec is one of the participants in the upcoming IAMD conference on March 31
By the time you are reading this, it has already surfaced...
Airships: the future solution for commercial aviation?
A recent forecast shows that by 2020 the annual number of aircraft passengers will reach 400 million. Air freight traffic is also expected to...
“Unidentified passenger aircraft approaching the shoreline”
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is getting ready to handle terror acts involving civilian aircraft. Aerial terrorism is always on the agenda and demands...
The danger of Cyber attack on civil aviation is sky high
The aviation industry is slow in responding to the threat posed by cyber criminality. This, whether it is posed by criminals, terrorists, nation states,...
Air Traffic Control System Vulnerable to Cyberattack
The country’s air traffic control systems are vulnerable to hackers. This, according to a 42-page document entitled "Information Security: FAA Needs to Address Weaknesses...
Much ado about the FAA’s UAS regulation
The FAA's proposed drone legislation: the return of the nanny-state
After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) finally issued its official draft proposal...
Background to a possible Iranian retribution for its fallen General
In a few weeks we shall mark the 23rd anniversary of the attack on Israel’s embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people, of...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – February 10th 2015
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U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts
Terror attacks on...
Cyber attacks on drones
The number of missions unmanned systems are tasked with, as well as their diversity, is expanding each year. The roles they play include a...
Loaded weapons in U.S. airports
Passengers in the U.S are trying to fly well armed.
In 2014, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it seized 2,212 firearms in carry-on bags...
Pressure to revive uniform air-passenger information legislation in Europe
The European Parliament is considering reviving draft legislation which would force airline companies to give EU member governments a cohesive and uniform set of...
The U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts
The plan to apply a visa waiver program to the U.S is being attacked from many sides.
Recently, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged the...
High degree of security alert in the U.S following Paris attacks
U.S Homeland Security officials confirmed that they have stepped up security at federal buildings and enhanced security screenings at airports in the wake of...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – January 13 2015
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Canada: Police fears terrorists could use drones to attack VIPs
The Israeli-developed “electrical” cloth...
An effort to close the gaps in the U.S airports security
The Department of Homeland Security will review security at airports around the country after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaned on the agency to tighten...
TSA is required to become more transparent about tech acquisitions and...
A new law will require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to become more transparent in how it acquires and uses security technology, including the...
From cocaine in banknotes to airport bomb detection: chromatography
What could detecting cocaine on bank notes possibly have in common with airport screening?
As some of us just noticed over the holiday season, some...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – January 6 2015
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DARPA Taking Inspiration from Birds of Prey to Develop Agile UASs
An Israeli missile...
Australian customs officers to be allowed to carry firearms in airports
Australia’s immigration minister, Peter Dutton, announced that, as part of the merger between customs and the immigration department into the new Australian border force...
More streamlined security checks at U.S airports?
Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans are beginning to adjust to less oppressive security checks at airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has...
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