Electro-Optics

The Israeli Ministry of Defense has announced a substantial loosening of restrictions on defense exporters, including significantly shortening the list of products for which...

Digital security systems are under constant pressure. As encryption becomes more sophisticated, so do the methods used to bypass it. Software-based protection, no matter...

Special forces all over the world replace their weapons in new models in order to customize them to anti-terror warfare. In the past, such units...

iHLS is delighted to announce the Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Systems and Robotics - AUS&R 2018, the leading event held for the sixth...

Russia is developing a wide range of new electronic sights for small arms and machine guns. The state corporate Rostec unveiled the first Russian...

The prototype of a new operational tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) completed its first flight. The Horlytsya UAV was developed by the Ukrainian Antonov...

Tonbo Imaging, a startup based in Bengaluru, India has won a $100 million contract to manufacture and export ‘night-vision sights’ for guns to be...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled the FireFly - a revolutionary, innovative miniature electro-optical tactical loitering munition, designed for light maneuvering ground forces such...

Small drones are increasingly used in environments where visibility is limited, such as collapsed buildings, smoke-filled structures, and dense vegetation, but most navigation systems...

The growing prevalence of drones in the market, their low cost and high availability have all made them a potential threat to privacy and...

Russia’s Shvabe, a firm that’s been working with its Chinese partners for over 15 years and is part of Rostec Corp, has delivered LDM-2VK...

The weaponization of small and cheap consumer drones, including dropping improvised explosive devices, has urged conventional armies to look for new countermeasures and rapidly...

While in the past two decades, US special operations forces have played a key role in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, bigger potential adversaries...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will supply naval warfare systems to a Southeast Asian country. The company has been awarded a contract worth approximately $80...

Precision targeting and situational awareness capabilities will be supplied to US allies. Lockheed Martin is building new versions of legacy electro-optical combat jet target...

The technological and organizational revolutions in IDF Ground Arm has been gaining momentum. The multiple changes include a response to the offensive, border-crossing tunnels...

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...

The new upgraded version of the Rafael Protector unmanned surface vessel (USV) will play a major role in protection the Israeli offshore gas reservoirs...

We at the iHLS Security Accelerator are looking for innovative ground-breaking technologies offering solutions for civilian defense, securing government institutions, vital infrastructure and borders,...

ELBIT and CONTROP are among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014 The iHLS technology desk...

As the presentations went on, the convention’s visitors got a clearer picture of expected developments in the unmanned aerial and land devices industry. For example,...

Elbit Systems tested the combination of a mini-unmanned aerial system with its Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) to further enhance the vessel’s intelligence capabilities...