Weapons

Weapons

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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,...

A DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) program aimed at preventing nuclear threats was successfully demonstrated as part of DARPA’s SIGMA program. SIGMA was...

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) moved one step closer to their laser-equipped unmanned air vehicle with a plan to compete a low power...

An advanced combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System (IDVS) for warfighters was introduced by Rockwell Collins. This display system combines real-time mission data with multispectral...

Researchers from US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) tested a quadcopter dubbed Deep Purple during the SK Challenge at Utah's Dugway Proving Ground,...

Russian Sukhoi Su-33 air superiority fighters based on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be outfitted with an ultra-precision targeting system, known as the...

First capital raise by a company participating in the iHLS Startups Accelerator. The Israeli startup company IMNA Solutions of entrepreneur Israel Haikin completed a...

By ARIE EGOZI North Korea continues to mock the world and builds its nuclear power including new platforms for the launch of nuclear weapons. The...

The numerous delegations which will participate at the AUS&R Unmanned Systems and Robotics Conference on September 19 are interested first and foremost in doing...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., developer and manufacturer of land, air and naval systems, has won a contract to supply its advanced Samson Mk...

The new international report suggesting Syria still has a large stockpile of chemical weapons, was no surprise to Israeli experts, who have claimed again...

The lethal hypersonic nuclear glider that looks to revolutionize the whole defense aviation  industry can cover the distance from Moscow to London within 13...

By Arie Egozi Sources in Israel evaluate that some of the chemical weapons held by the Kadhafi regime in Libya are already at the hands...

By Arie Egozi The confirmation of the conciliation agreement with Turkey forces Israel to take an “examining” stance towards the defense relationship with this country,...

Airport screening agents at Reno’s International Airport in Nevada confiscated a plastic handgun produced with by a 3-D printer from a man’s carry-on luggage....

The Syrian Armed Forces are using the VSK-94 special sniper rifles supplied by Russia. According to TASS Defense, citing Syrian media, "the servicemen of...

In work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a group of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has created a material...

Iran has acquired a batch of Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles for the national Armed Forces, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, cited by...

UAVs carry onboard a variety of critical electronic systems. Types of payloads include EO/IR, Cameras, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Sigint, Elint, Comint, MPR, Laser...

Edinburgh University scientists have developed a software technique for detecting hazardous chemicals which could boost homeland security and illicit substance detection. The software instantly...

Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept...

The advent and proliferation of small, cheap drones has had a lasting effect on the battlefields of the 21st century, where the devices have...