Estonia: A New Potential Market For Israeli Companies?
The Estonian military is aiming to spend some 818 million euros (US $902 million) on acquisitions of new weapons and equipment by 2020, according...
The Next Stage: Satellite Wars
The evolution of war was a process of development and change throughout human history. At the beginning war was fought on ground, after which...
US Navy Juiced For Railguns
This May, the US Navy received the portable power system that will be used to fire its futuristic railguns.
General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Groups (GA-EMS)...
US Woefully Unprepared for Space Weather
The Carrington event was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm that hit the Earth 156 years ago. Unlike now, back then electricity did not rule...
Watch China’s Autonomous Armed Security Robot
China’s People Daily brings news of a new RoboCop type bot developed at China’s National Defence University. The Anbot is designed with anti-terrorism and...
Can The Air Force Stand Against A Cyber Attack?
The air force is always looking to take the lead with advanced technologies, in computers and electronics. Each day the air force’s technical divisions...
Countries In The Virtual Battlefield
In the past, wars took place only in the real world: Armies battled each other in the physical spaces while using guns, cannons set...
Africa Wants Its Own Security Solutions
Top experts in defence and technology experts met last month to discuss issues of security in Africa. During the fourth National Security Symposium held...
U.S. Military Cooperates With Start-Up Companies
It seems as though the U.S. Department of Defense feels that brains employed in the army, Pentagon and research institutes are unable to keep...
Watch: Polish Police’s New Bomb Disposal Robots
The Polish police has ordered two new robots for examining and neutralizing hazardous materials. The systems will be used by bomb disposal specialists and...
Cyber Wars: From Regional Nuisance to Global Threats
Today’s small wars and border conflicts are being fought online and under the radar, but the conflicts could escalate into real world wars.
Last year,...
Cyber Attack On Kremlin Website
Russian president's official website was targeted by a massive hacker attack during country-wide local elections, but the Kremlin's cyber defenses managed to cope with...
Drone Video Boosts Apache Capabilities
Apache helicopters are already the beasts of the sky. They are powerful, ominous, and incredibly deadly. The US Army wasn’t content with that and...
WATCH: Saab’s Sea Mine Disposal Drone
Everyone knows that mines, be there on land or in water, are bad news. But while there are several robots designed to find landmines,...
How Can We Adjust Ourselves To Growing Terror Threat
The age of terror has seen many changes over the past years, with a prominent example being the phenomenon that most of us are...
Infrared Imaging To Detect Drones
Too many incidents involving drones being where they shouldn’t raise fears over potential attacks using unmanned aerial systems (UAVs). Infrared thermal imaging could provide...
DoD Wants IoT Standards
A standardisation of common protocols and interconnections is required if the US Department of Defense (DoD) is to take advantage of the Internet of...
Are Airports As Safe As We Hope?
When you are traveling abroad, you must think of the long lines to the terminal checkpoints and frown. Most of us, however, immediately remember...
Defense Business Options to Open Up in India
The Indian market is currently the major market for the Israeli defense industries. During recent years, the Israeli companies, mainly IAI, supplied weapon systems...
Despite Counter Attacks, Terror Levels Are As High As Ever
Earlier this month the U.S. Committee for Homeland Security has published a report that brought no good news. According to the report, the terror...
Report: US Lacks Strategy To Prevent Citizens From Traveling To Syria,...
The House Homeland Security Committee’s bipartisan Foreign Fighter Task Force released its final report stating that Washington lacks a strategy to prevent Americans from...
Groundbreaking Unmanned Systems and Robotics Tech on AUS&R 2017
The major players at the unmanned systems market will soon showcase their best technological and operational innovations at the leading conference on Autonomous Unmanned...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
