New Camera Will Identify IEDs For Soldiers
Soldiers in combat situations have to constantly scan their surroundings for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a signature weapon of modern guerrilla warfare. These homemade...
Massive Research will Enhance IED Screening Capabilities
Approximately 3,000 improvised explosive device (IED) incidents were recorded in the United States in 2017, killing 10 people and wounding dozens. These homemade explosives...
UK Rental Vehicle Sector Warned on Risk of Ramming Attacks
2017 saw a spate of terrorist attacks where rental vehicles were used as ramming weapons to cause death and destruction in various countries in...
ISIS Still Has Combat Drone Capabilities
A recent publication by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center evaluates that ISIS still has drone warfare capabilities despite setbacks and Syria...
New Measures, Old Problems
The possibility of a chemical attack in a central urban venue has accelerated US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts to develop more security...
Unexpected Device for Spotting Buried Explosives
A new technology for explosive detection has been exposed. The US Marine Corps is fielding new night vision binoculars equipped with thermal imaging that...
Egozi: The Annual Purim Debacle – Firecrackers Are Explosives
By Arie Egozi
It is hard to understand how a state like Israel, maintaining intense security measures in its airports and ports is unable to...
Risk Assessing Software to Accelerate Security Checks
With the overwhelming amount of data that has to be reviewed during border security checks, as well as limited budgets and resources in governments,...
New High-Frequency Technology Can Detect Mail Bombs
Screening inbound mail against postal IEDs and other personal harm devices is becoming a standard practice in organizations. The past series of mail bombs...
Cutting-Edge Portable Explosive Detector
The US Navy will achieve new portable detection capabilities. The Department of the Navy awarded DetectaChem with a sole source indefinite delivery indefinite quantity...
From Toys to Tactics: Russia Uses Hoverboard Kamikaze Robots in Ukraine
In the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia has been transforming hoverboards into battlefield robots. By connecting two hoverboards, a Russian group has created four-wheeled...
New Tech to Detect Threats in Crowded Environments
Everyone wants to be safe and secure, but is it realistic to perform in crowded environments such as a metro station security screening like...
Hydrogen Fuel Cells from EVs Used for Remote-Controlled Explosives in Ukraine
Many electric vehicles are powered by hydrogen fuel cells. They are favored by many as unlike traditional battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles...
Upcoming Exercise will Test 3D-Printed Drones for Electromagnetic Threat Detection
The U.S. Army is expected to conduct a military exercise this month in Poland to evaluate the operational potential of 3D-printed drones equipped with...
Autonomous IED Detection System to Save Soldiers’ Lives
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the development of an autonomous improvised explosive device detection (IED's) system that will eliminate risk to human teams....
Aerial Cat-and-Mouse: Interceptors Race Against High-Speed Drones
Ukraine has faced a growing challenge as Russia introduces faster, more resilient loitering munitions designed to overwhelm conventional air defenses. The latest threat, the...
Neutral Explosives Detection Algorithm in Development
In order to upgrade and improve airport security systems, the U.S. government and airport security experts are working to develop vendor-neutral software for explosives...
How Ordinary Cargo Ships Could Become Instant Warships
Modern naval planning is increasingly shaped by speed and scale. Building new warships takes years, while crises can unfold in weeks or days. For...
New Device Challenges Terrorists
Asymmetric warfare, meaning conventional militaries combatting guerrilla and terrorist organizations, has long posed a challenge for states. New technology combining mobile platforms with the...
From Hobby Tool to Battlefield Asset: Zeus FPV Drones Enter Active...
Modern battlefields are increasingly shaped by small, fast, and expendable aerial systems. Forces operating under constant surveillance and electronic warfare pressure need tools that...
Revolutionary Explosive Sensor Under Development
The development of sensors for explosives such as TNT is of huge interest. TNT is an explosive material widely used for military, industrial, and...
Iran’s Missile That Splits Before Impact: A Deep Dive
Cluster munitions are designed to expand the impact of a single strike by spreading dozens or even hundreds of smaller explosives over a wide...
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New Hardware Attack Exposes a Blind Spot in Secure Cloud Computing
Confidential computing is supposed to solve one of cloud computing's biggest security problems: how to process sensitive information on infrastructure operated by someone else...
