Weapons

Modern militaries face a growing challenge in striking high-value targets that are both well-defended and highly mobile. Traditional cruise and ballistic missiles offer range...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will supply naval warfare systems to a Southeast Asian country. The company has been awarded a contract worth approximately $80...

BAE Systems and United Technologies Corporation have completed a successful guided flight test of the Multi-Service Standard Guided Projectile (MS-SGP) at White Sands Missile...

Turkey’s state-controlled missile-maker Roketsan is developing a long range missile and weapons system, a ground-to-ground system dubbed “Bora”. According to defensenews.com, the Undersecretariat for...

New weaponry is constantly being developed and improved to better equip infantry units. This will enhance their abilities to perform better out in combat...

Russian forces are using new unmanned ground vehicles named “Abzats” that have drone-jamming capabilities and are partially controlled by artificial intelligence. The new drone-jamming UGVs...

A team at MIT Lincoln Laboratory has developed a compact and inexpensive hydrophone that could transform underwater sensing across defense, industrial, and scientific functions....

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (21 October 2014): German intelligence: Turkey is working on its own nuclear program Gamers hacked US Army Apache simulator US...

The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is looking for commercial autonomous drone solutions that can track people, vehicles, and weapons, as well as conduct 3D...

Five of the terrorist attacks (including one planned attack) in Australia since 2014 have involved knives as the primary weapon. Two involved shotguns; one...

Camouflage can protect military personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. A material that can change color on demand could lead to an entirely...

Micro-drones are an emergent trend in the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). There are several models currently in production, with a prominent example...

Firing and testing thousands of rounds of ammunition weekly can challenge the human body — even ones in top physical condition — causing debilitating...

How do you translate the powerful consumer technology of smartphones into something that can be useful and secure on the battlefield? Soldiers need something...

The Pentagon has spent more than a decade trying to develop weapons to neutralize chemical weapons, the threat that has the United States poised...

The potential for security uses is huge. Many companies around the world are already trying to use it for homeland security. Taking advantage of recent...

At the beginning of the month, the Turkish Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recently announced the next phase of its OFFSET (OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics) program. The program envisions...

The Procurement Directorate for land purchasing in the Israeli Defense Ministry will acquire ammunition from IMI Systems. According to the agreement, supplied to IMI...

A shooting robot developed by Northrop Grumman is currently being showcased at the Fort Benning, Ga. This robot consists of a 1/2-ton unmanned ground...

In recent years, the defense establishment has been facing a dual challenge. On the one hand, there is a growing need for fast, flexible...

The Indian market for advanced weapon systems has been for years one with a very big potential for the Israeli defence industries. This has irritated...