Is the US Still Unprepared For an EMP Attack?
The risks of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack simply cannot be overstated. A single powerful charge detonated at a high-enough altitude over the continental...
3D Mapping to Locate Survivors in Burning Buildings
Engineers from two universities, Ruhr-Universität Bochum and University of Duisburg-Essen, have developed novel signal processing methods for imaging and material characterization with the aid...
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...
US Vulnerable to Electromagnetic Warfare
With nearly every aspect of modern life relying on computers and electronics, the dangers of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weaponry cannot be overstated. An EMP...
US Military Adress New Battlefield – Cyber
The establishment of a Cyber Directorate in the US Army and a nearly completed strategy are ushering in a more productive era in electronic...
Plant-Based Sensors to Collect Intelligence
The US Department of Defense evaluates that the military’s traditional intelligence sensors are not always optimal for the tasks that have become more and...
Would New Screening Tech Make Laptop Ban Unnecessary?
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will evaluate a new personal electronics scanner, the MobiLab ES, which is the only inspection system that effectively...
New System Will Change Navy Training
Virtual Reality and light detection technologies will change US Navy training. Navy engineers used 3D imaging capabilities of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology...
Radar Sensing Through Walls Can Save Lives
First responders and army units often confront situations where they suspect that someone is hiding in a house but are unable to find him...
Could North-Korea’s Bomb Be A Super-EMP Weapon?
Although North Korea was rather braggingly telling the world that it had managed to explode a test hydrogen bomb, several nuclear exprts remain sceptic.
The...
India is Advancing its Radar Technology Capabilities
A new first-of-its-kind radar test facility has been set up in India. BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited) has set up a Near Field Antenna Test...
US Navy’s Railgun Could Find Home On Stealth Warship
The US Navy’s experimental railgun - an electromagnetic projectile launcher - has been grabbing headlines and making waves ever since it was revealed that...
Warfighters to Benefit from Wireless Communication Upgrade
A new communication system to be carried by warfighters, developed by the US Ministry of Defense, expands wireless communication into undersea, underground, and other...
Russia Against the F-35
It may be that Russia is developing an unmanned aerial vehicle designed to go against the American F-35 stealth jet. The clue to this...
Electronic Warfare Tech That Would Chanage Military Operations
US Air Force officials are working with microwave experts to conduct experiments with high power electromagnetic (HPEM) technology. The work offers the potential to...
Electronic Warfare – Keeping Up with Development Rate
The US Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) has recently sent its near-term electronic warfare (EW) capability solution to Europe, and soldiers there will get a...
UAV Needs to Recharge? Now it Can Be Done on Air
Scientists have demonstrated a highly efficient method for wirelessly transferring power to a drone while it is flying.
The breakthrough could in theory allow flying...
Electronic Camouflage for Future Warfare
Traditional visual camouflage will no longer be adequate in future operating environments against more capable U.S. adversaries, one intelligence official believes. “The Marine Corps...
How Can We Keep Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure In Check?
Society demands continuous implementation of new transmission systems due to ongoing development of communication technologies. These systems work by emitting electromagnetic waves. As a...
Gremlin UAV Mischievous Teamwork
Imagine a fighter pilot flying above the Pacific across some contested airspace. Suddenly a series of sound alerts are heard in his communications system...
Raytheon To Build Microwave Energy Cruise Missiles For USAF
The US Air Force is looking to acquire a missile that can quite literally fry electronics. The USAF is paying $4.8 million to equip...
New Technology Will Stop Vehicles Posing a Threat
A new EU-funded project has demonstrated a prototype device that can control and stop non-cooperative vehicles posing a threat, by disrupting the functioning of...
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Metal That Behaves Like a Gel Could Redefine High-Temperature Systems
A research team at Texas A&M University has developed the world’s first metallic gel — a new class of material that combines the strength...
