Drones evaluated in Australia for fighting bush fires
The Australian Rural Fire Service (RFS) is carrying out trials this fire season with "spy in the sky" unmanned aircraft and drones to evaluate...
Egozi: More Russian Eyes Over Syria and the region
By Arie Egozi
The US cruise missiles attack on a Syrian base some weeks ago prompted Moscow to enhance its capability to see what is...
Reconnaissance Drones to Be Dropped by Fighter Jets
Reconnaissance missions to collect enemy information no longer require large UAVs. A small, disposable drone that fits inside a shell that looks like a...
Sweden will Compete in Indian Defense Market Also Against Israel
A joint venture between Swedish defense giant Saab and the Indian Adani group is looking at producing a broad portfolio of products including UAVs...
World First: 3D-Printed Engine Combustor Completes Hypersonic Testing
Orbital ATK has just made aerospace history by successfully testing a 3D printed hypersonic engine combustor at NASA’s Langley Research Centre in Virginia. The...
New Precision Targeting Systems to Russian Fighters in Syria
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...
Turkey Angers the U.S. by Offering Helicopters to Pakistan
Turkey is aggressively lobbying to give T-129 attack helicopters to Pakistan to replace its aging AH-1F fleet and is prepared to agree to generous...
The Israeli defense industries face a tough export reality
The expected changes in the American defense export structure will put the Israeli defense industries in a very difficult situation "these industries did not...
The Indian Air Force wants Israeli-made air-to-air missiles
If India finally opts to acquire additional Russian made SU-30 fighters, it plans to equip it with Israeli made air-air missiles. This, according to...
MTC to Increase UAV reliability with Redundant Electrical Rotary Servo Actuator
Israeli defense industries are often requested to develop and manufacture systems in a very short time frame. This poses a big problem which intensifies...
“Commando Bugs”
Hamas: Israel has deployed "electronic dragonflies" in Gaza
A security source in the Gaza Strip told the Palestinians website Al Majed that "the purpose of...
Israeli systems on Italian helicopters?
The Italian army is testing a very advanced Israeli developed systems for use on its helicopters.
The proposed system is currently undergoing acceptance tests on...
Towards Full Helicopter Automatization
Airbus Helicopters has gone a step further in the experimentation of its Project EAGLE (Autonomous Guidance and Landing Extension), with the in-flight validation of...
Israel’s Fire fighting fleet is expanding
The fire and rescue department’s fire fighting fleet has grown and now has 14 planes, after completing the purchase of six new airplanes, which...
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 TV Special Interview: Chris Day, head of global capability development...
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In this special interview to iHLS TV, Chris Day, head of global capability development at Schiebel, discussed the company, its...
American companies want to expand their use of UAVs
Will the U.S aviation authorities succumb to the pressure for a wide use of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) for commercial purposes?
For now, the US...
New Attack Helicopters Get Updated Avionics
US Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 received three upgraded AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters. The AH-1Z aircraft is an updated version of the AH-1W,...
The new Israeli air force UAV “Help Desk”
The increasing number of missions performed by the Israeli air force (IAF) UAVs have required some new organization.
The recent development: A new Israeli air...
Predator UAS Saves Life in Rim Fire Disaster Relief Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that a MQ-1 Predator unmanned air systems (UAS) successfully supported firefighters in their efforts to contain California’s Rim Fire,...
Kuwait nearing Boeing’s Super Hornet
Boeing could be the latest international aircraft-maker to garner a deal for more fighter aircraft, with word that the US government is nearing agreement...
42,000 Chinese UAVs by 2023?
The United States estimates that China is expected to have by the year 2023 a massive amount of 42,000 unmanned aerial vehicles at a...
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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...
