Situational Awareness

A new system makes it possible to promptly receive photo and video data on emergency occurrence sites and battlefields or in areas where information...

The emergence of next-generation immersive devices like the Oculus Rift and Microsoft HoloLens has increased interest in using mixed reality to simulate training, enhance...

Frontline soldiers often carry outdated rifles, with no data-sharing capability between field and command. As result, valuable, real-time data is left unused and there...

Recently, Google and Microsoft have acknowledged the risks involving facial recognition services and their potential for misuse and surveillance by bad actors. In December,...

American war-fighters have long enjoyed a technological preponderance over their opponents. They are equipped with the best high-tech gear in the world, such as...

In order to improve its situational awareness capabilities, the U.S. Army is developing new tactical software that will allow commanders to communicate more effectively...

Increasingly compact night vision optics and cameras have fundamentally changed the nature of warfare, as well as law enforcement and other activities. But they...

The wars of the future are already here.The Army has recently revealed a technology that can be used to wage war in the future:...

New research shows that ordinary Wi-Fi signals from smartphones can be used to “see" behind closed doors and track individuals in their own homes. A...

The information the responder needs to fulfill the mission is immeasurable. When you also consider the volume of data they receive from other responders,...

A new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) built especially for infantry, EOD, and CBRN personnel has been revealed. The lightweight, rugged Scorpion is easy to...

One of the challenges confronted by dismounted soldiers is that the action of maintaining laser target identification is slow and can expose the soldier...

SignalEye is a software-only solution that uses machine learning technology to automate the classification of signals for situational awareness across the radio frequency (RF)...

Situational awareness is the ability for military leaders and others to know what is happening in any given situation and to make better decisions...

A new technology could pave the way for semi-autonomous naval vessels with much smaller crews. Transferring naval command rooms that are currently always on-board...

The development of synthetic training technology that will help warfighters prepare for battle has been accelerated by the US Army. Synthetic training environment, or...

Firefighters, law enforcement officers and other first responders have to be constantly connected. Legacy communication systems or smartphones are not always the right and...

Protecting law enforcement officers and supplying them with situational awareness has become more and more important over the backdrop of evolving threats. A new...

The United Nations has been upgrading its communications network. Currently, there are 14 peacekeeping operations around the world led by the United Nations. These...

When police officers are busy entering incident reports into their patrol car laptop, they often face severe challenges such as decreased situational awareness, distraction...

Soldiers equipped with a variety of attachments to their M4s and M16s, such as aim lasers and night vision scopes, more often than not...

Asymmetric warfare, meaning conventional militaries combatting guerrilla and terrorist organizations, has long posed a challenge for states. New technology combining mobile platforms with the...