Situational awareness – the next generation
Situational awareness is a key and enabler for many homeland security related operations. Recently Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled its new Optical - Peripheral...
“Big Brother” is seeing everything, but now also tells what to...
The MLM division of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a Command, Control and Communication system that is fusing sensors used in homeland security...
New Chinese Unmanned Patrol Surface Vehicles Unveiled
New indigenous unmanned surface vehicles (USV systems) were recently showcased by Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology (Yunzhou-Tech), a Chinese company specializing in the design and...
AUS&R 2013 Expo Preview: Controp’s Airborne Cameras
Controp is considered an internation leader in stabilized electro-optics and night vision, for air, sea and ground vehicles and specializing in payloads for unmanned...
RFID-reading drone in UAE
RFID-Reading drone tracks structural steel products in storage yard.
Age Steel, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company that operates steel yards in Dubai, has taken...
A successful experiment with missile defence interceptor
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have recently conducted a first successful experiment for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The missile has...
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...
UAS with High Resolution Cameras to Iraq
Iraq is to acquire the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a USD8.3 million deal announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Insitu...
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...
Night Vision Equipment Becomes Smaller and Lighter
Night vision technology developers have always aspired to reduce the size, weight and power consumption of the devices worn in the field. Furthermore, researchers...
Combined Weapons Packages – A Good Export Selling Point
By Arie Egozi
Armed forces around the world are looking more and more for weapons "packages" that will provide them with combined capabilities.
This demand allows...
EL-OP’S LONG-RANGE ELECTOR-OPTICS CONTRACT
The Israeli defense forces (IDF) will bolster the capabilities to detect any threat from the Israeli borders by using the Elbit Systems Electro-Optics (Elop) long-range observation...
The Israeli answer to shoulder launched missiles – Part 1
Part 1
The process of equipping the aircraft used by the Israeli airlines with systems that protect them from shoulder launched missiles is on track.
Following...
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...
State of The Art Targeting Tech to Enhance Soldiers Capabilities
The US Army recently demonstrated a breakthrough in soldier weapons targeting. The development features a tiny, weapon-mounted thermal sight designed to communicate wirelessly with...
Successful Combination of Goggles and Weapon Sight
In today’s battlefield environment, it is critical for soldiers to be able to quickly locate and identify targets, especially during nighttime operations or when...
Reducing false alarms in video sensors
MOBOTIX AG has begun equipping its video surveillance cameras with new motion-detection software that the company says can reduce false alarms by more than...
Military and C4I Technologies For Terrain Dominance
In today’s world, information is power - in any field. The more information we are receiving, the better our advantage and dominance in a...
Advanced Electro-Optics Systems Enable Long Range Performance
Elbit Systems announced that it was awarded a contract valued at over $90 million from an Asia-Pacific country, for the supply of SPECTRO XR...
Schneider Electric Announces New Pelco Spectra HD 1080 High Speed Dome...
Schneider Electric released its new Pelco™ by Schneider Electric Spectra™ High-definition (HD) 1080 dome positioning system, featuring a clearer image with stronger resolution without...
Indian Unmanned Industry Booming
India is investing in developing unmanned vehicles as it prepares for an approaching era of soldier-less battlefields despite the current void in policies governing...
What’s on Program at the Forthcoming Conference on Future Forces?
Cutting-edge technological responses to the future warfare challenges will be the focus of the conference on Future Forces that will be hosted by iHLS...
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A New Quantum Breakthrough Could Change Signal Detection on the Battlefield
Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
