AUSA 2014
AUSA 2014 is currently being held in Washington until October 15. Having begun yesterday, October 13, the annual meeting and exposition, complete with lectures...
New to the army: Hovermast
Hovermast is a new means for providing stabilized real-time aerial surveillance, to forces maneuvering along the battlefield. It is currently being tested and assessed...
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...
Elbit unveils innovative flight system
Elbit Systems recently completed a series of successful helicopter flight tests in Zurich, using the SkyVis Day/Night Head Mounted Display (HMD) onboard an AW-109SP...
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...
Canadian DND orders iRobot 510 PackBot CBRN robots
iRobot has secured multi-year contracts for the delivery of iRobot 510 PackBot reconnaissance, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) recce systems to the Canadian...
DARPA seeks a better way to see in the dark
DARPA is looking for the next generation of wearable night vision gear.
The goal is to design night vision gear that is smaller and lighter...
Canadian police use UAV to find family lost in forest
Earlier this year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nova Scotia unveiled a new fleet of vision-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for purposes that include...
US Army’s New Laser Cannon Blasts Drones Out of the Sky
Boeing is building a laser cannon for the U.S. Army, and the new weapon has now proved it will be as capable at sea...
Israeli Counter-Sniper Systems
Snipers fired on the Israeli army in Gaza and they may soon be a threat in northern Israel. The Israeli industry has developed some...
Intercepting mortar shells – maybe operational in 5 years’ time
Don't hold your breath just yet. In the best case scenario, even had unlimited resources be allocated to this end, an effective system for...
The Future of Wearable Technologies in Law Enforcement
This year's Consumer Electronics Show ushered in a new term that is destined to become as common as "Google" in the near future: wearables....
Israeli made loitering munitions on high demand
The Indian air force is a current user of Israeli made loitering weapon systems. This air force is evaluating the purchase of additional Israel...
Overcoming visibility limitation – BrightNite helmet system
Rescue services around the world show an interest in the Elbit systems - BrightNite system that is designed to allow utility helicopters to perform...
Futuristic Technology: Night Vision Contact Lenses
Simple contact lenses granting security guards and first responders night vision capabilities – no, they still don't exist, but American researchers from the University...
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...
AUS&R 2013 Preview: The OpteamX Robot Eye
OpteamX will present its robotic eye at the AUS&R 2013 Expo, an advanced sensor integrated into targeting and tracking systems.
The robotic device can turn...
New Sensor Payload for Unmanned and Manned Aircraft
Headwall Photonics Inc. in the U.S. is introducing the Micro-Hyperspec integrated airborne hyperspectral electro-optical sensor for manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
According to...
A new Miniature Thermal Sensor: The X-Lite
"Senso Optics", an Israeli company in the market of design, development and production of innovative thermal imaging technologies and advanced electro-optical solutions for military,...
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...
New pilot helmet for Israeli Atalef helicopters
A new pilot helmet mounted systems (HMS) will be installed in the Israeli airforce (IAF) Eurocopter AS 565 SA (Atalef) operated on navy missile...

















































