Precision-Guided Firearm – Turning Riflemen into Marksmen?
TrackingPoint has introduced an accurate long-range shooting system at the Shot Show taking place this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new system called 'Precision-Guided Firearm' (PGF) system is based on patent-pending innovations in optics and fire control that enables a shooter to excel in long-range shooting.
Special Operations at the Future Battlefield
The IDF’s special operations units have been applying advanced technologies and unique skills in anti-terror warfare, airborne troops transportation, and parachuting during their operational...
Unmanned Missile Defense Platform Sought
An unmanned air system (UAS) is sought by the US as a missile defense platform, with the payload and range capability of today’s manned...
Singapore Regulates UAS
The Singapore Parliament has just passed the Unmanned Aircraft (Public Safety and Security) Bill, which sets out guidelines for the safe flying of drones...
U.S. Army Tests Laser Defense System Against UAVs, Mortars
Able to shoot for as long as power is available, electric laser weapons are an answer to threats like simple rockets and swarming boats...
Improving Personal Safety – On The Battlefield
One of the major research and development topics in the body armor market industry around the world today is the survivability component.
Body armor is...
DHS To Test Bioterror Airflow in New York Subway
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will conduct a week-long airflow study, starting today, in portions of the New...
Missile Defense System Deployed in South Korea
The United States has begun the process of deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, an advanced missile defense system, to South...
Backpack-Size Small Military Drone for Use at Battlefield
Australia is to start making its own military drones, officials have revealed. It will be the first time Australia builds military drones.
Colonel Andrew Jones,...
Will the Advanced Security Robot Replace Security Teams?
A new automated security robot was launched at an international show in Florida. INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) for security was produced by...
New Approach to Drone Technology
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is partnering with the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office to create a new organization dedicated to advancing drone technology....
Which Trends in World’s Leading Defense Industries?
What are the latest developments in the global defense industries and where are the Israeli companies ranked? Defensenews.com listed the top 100 defense companies...
iHLS Security Accelertor Start-Ups Recieve Massive Attention
Eight innovative startups gave a spectacular and fascinating presentation at the graduation event of the iHLS security accelerator’s first cycle, which took place at...
Will ISIS Gain Hold of New Russian Weapons in Iraq?
The Iraqis are using a deadly weapon system against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This is the Russian-built TOS-1A multiple launch rocket...
The Growing Use of Taser Guns
Development of different non-lethal weapons for handling recalcitrant citizens is an vital aspect of law enforcement agencies in a country. The need for an...
Israeli Technology – Cure for An American Plague
Firearm security and accesibility have been greatly controversial topics in the United States along recent decades. The fact that private and unprofessional individuals hold...
First Citywide Testing of Mobile Radiation Sensors Network
An advanced radioactive threat detection system completed its first large-scale citywide testing of more than 1,000 networked, mobile radiation sensors in Washington, D.C.
Several hundred...
Smart Guns – for Use Only by Remote Authorization
During recent years, mass shooting incidents have become a possible threat in the US. New technologies offer innovative solutions to the illegal use of...
Laser weapons for defending gas production rigs at sea?
One of the threats to the gas pumping rigs off the Israeli shore is from unmanned air systems armed with explosives.
The US Navy is...
Successful Interception of UAVs by Stinger Missiles
During a recent US Army test, a pair of Raytheon Stinger anti-air missiles equipped with new proximity fuzes intercepted two small unmanned airborne systems—an...
American DHS Preparing for Nuclear Attack Scenario
The possibility of an improvised nuclear attack scenario is worrying the American defense agencies. The US Department of Homeland Security published a new guide...
Russia Offers Iran New Replacement for S-300
Moscow made a new attempt to dodge a $4-billion lawsuit from Tehran over a failed deal to supply S-300 missile systems by offering another...
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