Lockheed Presents New Mapping Platform
Lockheed Martin’s Hydra Fusion Tools drone software enables drones to form three-dimensional terrain maps as they fly, providing real-time tactical information and mapping data...
Pentagon integrates technology with wearable equipment
The Pentagon has invested millions of dollars to make the size, weight and power of wearable technology and equipment smaller and easier for troops...
Cyber: hackers attack German steel mill causing physical damage
According to a report issued by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik - BSI), hackers had struck an...
The Buddy Guard Application – Your Personal Security Network
Residents of the Israeli kibbutz Mishmarot have seen many break-ins recently, like many of the towns in the region. Most homes have alarm systems...
Fire Scout UAV joins LCS
The U.S. Navy is sending one of its LCSs (Littoral Control Ship) to the West Pacific equipped with four MQ-8B Fire Scout UAVs on...
How long should an emergency message be to prove effective?
Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...
A new threat: North Korean cyber attack on Western critical infrastructure
North Korea is targeting infrastructure in the west by Cyber attacks.
According to various reports, North Korea has a team of roughly 3,000 cyber soldiers....
Department of HomeLand Security aiming for better cyber security for mobile...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) last week announced a $2.9 million cybersecurity mobile app security (MAS) research and...
Reporting Crime With Your Smartphone
If you live in the state of New York, reporting crimes and suspicious activity has just gotten a whole lot simpler. The New York...
US Military Upgrades Its Mens’ Situational Awareness
The US Army's main situational awareness system, Nett Warrior, has long promised to bring the power of apps to the combat soldier through an...
iHLS TV – Ebola, domestic extremism, Shellshock bug, new octocopter and...
In this weekly report (7 October 2014):
Ebola as seen from space
Domestic extremism Summit at the Whitehouse,
Hackers unleash Shellshock bug
New octocopter UAS
Darpa looking into the...
More than 1,000 Organizations Join IBM to Battle Cybercrime
Participants across 16 Industries, Including Five of World's Top 10 banks, Six of Top 10 retailers, Use IBM X-Force Exchange Threat Intelligence
IBM (NYSE: IBM)...
The JAVA warning – problem fixed, alert is on
Is Java safe? Oracle Corp. claimed last week that it has fixed the problem in its Java software that raised an alarm from the...
Golani “Mental trainer”
IDF's Golani Brigade has begun using Neurofeedback a in the framework of training. This innovative treatment tool is designed to train combat fighters in...
Mobile Cyber Security Revolution has Started
India has been advancing one more stage on the way to mobile phone cyber security. The Indian government is finalising cyber security standards to...
The soldier’s lie detector
Veritas Scientific, based in Virginia, markets a truth detection system called HandShake for soldiers to diagnose the trust-worthiness of people they may have to...
Are the Night Vision Goggles Used in the Bin Laden Raid...
The $65,000 goggles allow SEALs to clear corners better than the traditional night vision eyepieces, which are like “looking through toilet paper tubes.”
L-3’s Ground Panoramic...
Ransomware Could Target Medical Devices
Medical devices may not be ever-present in headlines, but that does not mean no new developments in the field happen. Rather, in recent years...
Authentication Technology to Deliver Safer Transactions
Due to the rise of mobile transactions, passwords are not sufficiently secure as a means of authentication, and additional modes are required for next-generation...
New Problems Securing Mass Crowd Events
When thousands of football fans enter Cardiff' Stadium on June 3 to watch the UEFA Champions League final, few will be aware that their...
HD-quality video: Now available in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
CONTROP is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
Operational demands from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)...
Fighting A War Via Tablet
As part of the impressive new developments revealed by the US military, a new project by DARPA offers an app that is designed to...
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This Upgrade Could Eliminate One of Laser Weapons’ Biggest Weaknesses
High-energy laser weapons are steadily moving from development programs into operational military service, but maintaining them in the field remains a significant challenge. One...
