iHLS TV – Going global, Amazon’s drone store, new grenade launcher,...
In this weekly report (30 September 2014):
iHLS TV is going global to over 40 million viewers through the Shalom Show
Amazon to launch drone store
New...
Flexible Material Equipment for Warfighters
A team of scientists and engineers, the members of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Flexible Materials and Processing Team, has been developing flexible...
How Would The Future Battlefield Look Like?
The future battlefield is at the center of a new US Army study about the warfare over the next few decades. Soldiers can expect...
Secure Mobile Communication Also at Battlefield
Sensitive information conveyed by military mobile communication networks requires high levels of protection. A new cybersecurity software will secure mobile devices in the battlefield....
What happens below ground when a missile hits?
The havoc above ground is obvious, but the details of what happens below ground are harder to see. Physicists have developed techniques that enable...
State of The Art Targeting Tech to Enhance Soldiers Capabilities
The US Army recently demonstrated a breakthrough in soldier weapons targeting. The development features a tiny, weapon-mounted thermal sight designed to communicate wirelessly with...
New Head Protection System Under Development
Military services tend to allocate resources for the constant improvement of soldiers’ personal security. Recently, US Airborne Soldiers played a vital part in the...
Innovative Solution for Urban Warfare
Israel’s MoD’s Merkava Tank and AFV Program Administration completed the first demonstrative development of the Namer APC with a turret and a cannon. The...
The Pentagon’s New Offset Strategy Includes Robots
A few days prior to his resignation, Defense Secretary Hagel shed some light on the DoD's technological vision for the near and distant future.
In...
New Pistol To Start Its Service
The U.S Army has begun distributing its new pistol, the Sig Sauer XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) to selected units, the first of them...
Unexpected Destination for New Rifle
Soldiers operating at the future battlefield will have to be more agile and at the same time carry advanced equipment that might interfere with...
US to Develop Wearable SIGINT Tech
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has put out a request for information for a wearable SIGINT collection device as a way to...
Chemical Identification, Now a Basic Capability
FLIR Systems has recently announced the Griffin G510 Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS). The device is essentially a first person-portable chemical identifier. The FLIR Griffin...
IDF Techological Revolution Reaches Warrior on Field
The IDF has been revolutionizing its warriors' personal gear. The Technological Ground Division of the Technology and Logistics Directorate has developed the Shaked Warfare...
Military AR Display Now Applied in Google Glass
A head-up display technology once developed for US soldiers in the field has become a commercial augmented reality (AR) platform used in various business...
New Zealand is Replacing Its Infantry Rifle
Two new types of weapons are being bought by the New Zealand Defence Force at a cost of $4 million in order to...
Robot-Human Teaming Program is Gaining Momentum
DARPA has been accelerating its efforts to develop tactics for deploying swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles to help U.S. soldiers in urban...
Egozi: Steps in The Right Direction, But Too Few
The Israeli defense industries have been encountering more and more obstacles when they offer their products to foreign countries.
The international defense market is changing...
Video Encoders Reach Battlefield
The growing demand for real-time imagery in the most demanding environments increases the deployment of more situational awareness systems in various types of military...
Wearable Device to Lighten Soldier Load
A new wearable device hopes to deliver supplies to US Marines and soldiers on demand, instead of leaving members of the armed forces to...
Take Part at The Leading Conference on IoT and Security
The constant growth of technologies enabling the influx of smart connected devices - the Internet of Things (IoT) - has been reflected at the...
New Pistol to Revolutionize Close-Quarter Combat
US Army soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan have been gaining more than a decade of experience in close-quarter combat, an ability to maneuver...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
