Locate an Emergency Caller Using Wireless Phone
The U.S Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to help emergency responders better locate wireless 911 callers. The proposed rule changes stem partly...
New U.S. Army Secure Smartphones
Soldiers in Afghanistan are experimenting with smartphones engineered to better protect operational data – designed by scientists at Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated...
This Phone Will Self Destruct in 10, 9, 8…
The Pentagon wants its top research arm to give troops some self-destructing devices. Military leaders want to develop semiconductors and computer chips that will...
Smartphones to Help Find Avalanche Victims
Almost every winter people find themselves in many countries trapped after a snow avalanche.
In the search for those buried beneath the snow, every second...
Big Brother Will Shut Down Your Car
The EU is considering the mandatory equipping of all cars sold in the union with devices, which would allow police to remotely disable engines,...
Federal Workers’ Mobile Devices: A National Security Risk
Forty-one percent of government employees are putting themselves and their agencies at risk due to insecure mobile device practices, according to a study from...
Israeli Companies Develop GPS Protection
Israeli companies are looking for ways to better protect the GPS navigation system from interference and mainly jamming. Most of the work is classified.
Parallel...
DARPA Aims for Jam-Proof Communication Systems
U.S. military researchers have released a formal solicitation for a new electronic warfare program, in order to develop jam-resistant communications and difficult-to-detect-communications technology. The...
The Next Generation of IDF Encrypted Smartphones
The Israeli Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Motorola for the supply of the next generation of encrypted mobile phones to the IDF...
Israeli Owned Firm to Supply Secure Mobile Solutions to U.S. DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Group selected Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd.,...
Rafael Acquires 49% Share of South Korean Telecom Company
The two companies are already cooperating, developing and manufacturing C4I systems for the South Korean defense market.
Rafael signed the acquisition agreement with PineTelecom this...
The Israeli MDA Presents its New Command and Emergency Vehicles
The latest MDA (Magen David Adom, Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross) command vehicle was based on a Dutch truck chassis, built in England...
The Flying Server – a Tactical Cloud
Mercury Systems has released what it describes as a “flying server” able to be carried by airborne platforms and pods, which will bring a...
Al Qaeda Plot Leak Undermined U.S. Intelligence
The recent disclosures about the U.S. intelligence agencies are causing more damage as time passes.
As the nation’s spy agencies assess the fallout from disclosures...
Radios failed during Navy Yard attack, emergency responders say
Radios for federal firefighters and police officers failed during Monday’s mass shooting at Washington’s Navy Yard, according to union representatives for first responders.
According to...
Drones hit European skies
Early next year Europe could see certified professional usage drones from LiveU and its partner Virtual Robotix hitting the skies for sports, news and...
NATO armies to use new gear – IED jammers and mobile...
Netline Communications Technologies, a producer of high-end electronic warfare and spectrum dominance systems for defense forces and homeland security agencies, has won tenders to...
Russian Launcher Inserts Israel’s Amos-4 Satellite into Orbit
Amos 4 was built for Spacecom, a satellite communications service provider operating internationally from Israel. Amos-4 satellite was launched on August 31, 2013, 23:05,...
Nowhere to hide – mobile phones end privacy
"It'll get worse before it gets better," mobile industry expert Chetan Sharma told NBC News. "Unless leaders step up and work on a framework...
‘Tactical Internet’ for frontline troops
Military researchers have tested a method of giving frontline troops in remote locations the ability to securely share data among themselves by generating a...
Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York...
Israeli company Deploys Public Safety Network in Nebraska
Deployment includes over 200 links throughout the state, providing vital connectivity in rural areas.
Ceragon Networks, an israeli wireless backhaul vendor, announced that it has...















































