Transportation
How wireless technology can dramatically improve ship safety
Quickly and efficiently evacuating passengers and crew from a ship in case of emergency is a matter of life and death. With a view...
‘Eyesight’ Software Will Scan for Suspicious Behavior
The MARTA - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has contracted with a Houston-based security firm to analyze its surveillance video using an artificial-intelligence-based software that "learns"...
HomeLand security worldwide news
A video that shows the beheading of American Steven Sotloff was delivered as a "second message to America" to halt airstrikes in Iraq, following...
Report: Volgograd Terror Attack Highlights Need for Rail Security
The recent train station bombing in Volgograd Russia has focused renewed attention on the vulnerabilities of rail infrastructure, notes the IHS market research firm.
According...
The Secret Metro of Moscow
In Moscow, there are two Stalin bunkers, which you can easily get into with a guided tour: one of them is near Izmailovskaya hotel,...
Mega Airship Back in the Air in California
Two days after receiving experimental airworthiness certification from the Federal Aviation Administration Aeros Corp. began flight-testing the Aeroscraft airship. For safety, the current flights...
Flexible vehicle-arrest system stops cars involved in crime, terrorism
An Inderscience Publishers release reports that Pak Kin Wong and colleagues in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Macau, in Taipa,...
Flying car developed for the U.S. ARMY
Flying cars would enhance the mobility of soldiers. Transportation will no longer be restricted to trafficable terrain that makes movement predictable and easy to...
Can cars be hacked?
In the early hours of June 18th, a Mercedes coupé travelling at an extremely high speed along a Los Angeles street smashed into a...
The African market is boiling – but will Israel benefit?
African countries are expected to spend up to US $20 billion on armored vehicles over the next decade, according to industry analysts and business...
Israeli solutions for reading containers` and vehicles` data
The Israeli company HTS, specializing in computerized reading solutions for identification of vehicles and containers, with a variety of solutions for sea ports automation...
Obama’s “Cadillac One” to be replaced
Not that his current limousine – dubbed "The Beast" or "Cadillac One" – isn't faring well, but it's a 2009 model, which he takes...
JLTVs Revving Up for the Final Test in August
Lockheed Martin, AM General and Oshkosh Defense are producing and preparing their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes for the final test, scheduled to...
Larson Introduces IR Headlights for Military Vehicles
Larson Electronics is introducing an infrared Light Emitting Diodes (LED) based headlight system for vehicles, designed to allow users to replace or augment their...
Still the master of the bush
The 1,000th Bushmaster vehicle to be produced at Thales Australia’s Bendigo facility will be delivered to the Australian Defense Force in the coming days.
The...
A new scanner for cargo containers
Decision Sciences’ Multi-Mode Passive Detection System (MMPDS) combines technology invented by top government scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory with considerable private sector investment and...
Will the “flying car” be used for homeland security ?
Terrafugia Inc., the developer of the Transition street-legal airplane, announced its vision for the future of personal transportation. Building on its experience with the...
Unveiling the Zibar Trooper
The ZIBAR TROOPER, developed in Israel by Ido Off-road Technology is designed and built as a unique off-road automotive platform. It is in many...
All about “commercial” Armored vehicles
In conflict zones or territories where there is a threat of IEDs (improvised explosive devices) or shooting, travel in armored vehicles is the only...
Why Almost Everyone in Russia Has a Dashboard Cam
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Is this good or bad for public safety? Many Russians took photos of the big meteor that hit the ground in that...
TROPHY PROTECTED HUMVEES
This is one of the many examples to the flow of technologies from "pure" defense to homeland security. The "Trophy" active protection suit develop...
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