Dual-use technology

Written by Or Shalom Milipol Paris 2025, held in Paris on November 18th-21st, 2025, presented an impressive high-level snapshot of the entire homeland security and...

Frontline units and emergency responders increasingly rely on unmanned systems, yet most commercially available cargo drones still fall short of operational needs. Typical platforms...

Moving towards autonomy, unmanned aerial vehicles rely heavily on advanced collision avoidance systems. A European collision-avoidance project for drones wants to replicate the human...

The wildfires that have ravaged California have already consumed 4m acres. The unprecedented figure is more than double the previous record for the most...

Since fiscal 2016, the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has helped transition 35 prototypes into production or service contracts with DOD and has a...

Transmitting information between underwater and airborne systems has long posed a technical challenge. Sound behaves very differently in water compared to air due to...

Military technology is often applied for civilian purposes. Navigating difficult physical surroundings often impairs planning and movement, whether on the battlefield or in areas...

A new navigation system developed at the University of Michigan enables robots and drones to operate effectively in environments where conventional visual tools fail....

Coordinating large numbers of robots to perform complex tasks remains a major challenge. Traditional systems often rely on centralized control, detailed planning, and constant...

Modern cloud services are built on a fundamental principle: high availability and redundancy. Organizations, governments, and technology companies expect systems to remain operational even...

Accessing visual information through AI typically requires smartphones, cameras, or wearable devices like smart glasses. However, these solutions often come with trade-offs: high power...

Conventional robots rely on motors, batteries and processors to move and react. While effective, these components add weight, complexity and potential points of failure...

Security labels, optical data storage systems, and environmental sensors often face the same limitation: once information is encoded, it remains static. Creating materials that...

Small flying robots face a persistent tradeoff between endurance and complexity. Flapping-wing designs can generate thrust but consume energy quickly, while fixed-wing platforms struggle...

Forget the battlefields of old. A silent, rapid transformation is underway, fundamentally altering the calculus of conflict and ushering in an era where speed,...

Power transmission lines stretch across forests, farmland, and mountainous terrain, where they face constant exposure to heat, vegetation growth, and shifting weather patterns. These...

The State of Israel is making all the efforts to block the spread of the coronavirus. Now, iHLS is addressing the technology and startup...

As artificial intelligence systems become more capable, governments are increasingly viewing them through the lens of national security rather than purely commercial technology. The...

iHLS is proud to present the international Homeland Security Technologies, Cyber, and Innovation Conference and Exhibition: INNOTECH 2021. iHLS is celebrating the return to normal...

Open-source platforms have become essential tools for software developers, but they are also increasingly being used as delivery channels for sophisticated cyberattacks. Security researchers...

Organizations are rapidly adopting AI to automate workflows, but visibility into how these systems operate is not keeping pace. While much of the discussion...

In a step toward smarter and more responsive military gear, researchers in South Korea have unveiled a new type of fabric-based technology that transforms...