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...
Israeli technology – major coastal defense element in a Spanish port
Securing seaports and defending them has unfolded as a key priority in recent years. The threat posed by terrorist organization sets its eyes on...
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...
Official Report: US Government ‘Not Fully Prepared’ for Nuclear Attacks or...
An official report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the U.S. government is not fully prepared to handle nuclear terrorist attacks...
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...
U.S airports “Wide Open” to gun smugglers
Six people, including current and former Delta baggage handlers, have been arrested as part of a ring smuggling guns and ammunition on planes from...
CIA to its agents – this is how to trick airport...
WikiLeaks has published not one, but two internal CIA documents that teach agents how to act and what to do in order to make...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – December 30 2014
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DARPA getting closer to an Iron Man suit
U.S Navy declares Laser Weapons operational
Iranian...
New strategic project to implement cyber security platform for advanced applications
A new joint collaboration with CELARE, cyber security subsidiary of the BATM Advanced Communications, to implement cyber security platform for large enterprises based on...
Pirates Hijack Military Gunboat in Nigeria’s Oil Delta
Nigeria's military says pirates hijacked a military gunboat and three soldiers are missing after the ambush in the southern oil-rich state of Bayelsa.
Spokesman Col....
iHLS TV Weekly Report – December 24 2014
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Two terrorists set free by US Homeland Security Department
New threat: Islamic terrorism jeopardize...
Turkish oil pipeline explosion – a Cyber attack?
The August 2008 Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline explosion in Refahiye, eastern Turkey, was ruled at the time to be an accident resulting from a...
100 Million Americans could lose power in major Sun storm
Internal document says FEMA unsure of damage to grid from magnetic storm
Millions of Americans face catastrophic loss of electrical power during a future magnetic...
FAA would allow four private companies to operate drones in U.S....
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it would allow four private companies - Trimble Navigation, VDOS Global, Clayco Inc., and Woolpert Inc. -...
Hezbollah allegations about offshore gas reservoirs increase alertness
Israel is taking "Special" steps after the Hezbollah in Lebanon has again claimed that "Israel has stolen the undersea gas from a zone that...
Power Grid Upgrades Create Security Risks
The U.S. power grid is in the process of an enormous transformation into a smart grid – an advanced, digital infrastructure with two-way capabilities...
Homeland Security Chief: No carry-on bag ban… yet
The Department of Homeland Security will not impose a ban on carry-on luggage at airports, but is leaving open the possibility in the future.
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USVs and UUVs in the future: smaller, cheaper and more autonomous
Bring the cost and the dimensions of unmanned naval systems, increase the scope of their autonomous operation, and bring down to the bare minimum...
Steak Knives from JFK Restaurants inside the “Sterile Area”
According to a report in Newsday, passengers in JFK airport in New York can take steak knives with 5-inch serrated steel blades from two...
Homeland Security plans to expand pre-clearance for passengers heading to the...
The U.S Department of Homeland Security announced plans to expand its controversial pre-clearance program at foreign airports, saying that requiring travelers to undergo screening...
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