Report: Volgograd Terror Attack Highlights Need for Rail Security
The recent train station bombing in Volgograd Russia has focused renewed attention on the vulnerabilities of rail infrastructure, notes the IHS market research firm.
According...
Defense Empire Succesful in Unmanned Mine-Hunting
Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated unmanned mine-hunting capabilities using the high-speed AQS-24B sensor during recent trials in Belgium. This effort, coming after a successful...
Counter IED and Mine System unveiled
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled its new CIMS (Counter IED and Mine Suite) - an integrated suite of sensors for protection of tactical maneuvering...
Scientists Find Innovative Method for Remote Landmine Detection
Scientists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have developed a new system that uses a combination of lasers and glowing bacteria for unexploded ordnance...
Drones Can Now Sniff Out Bombs
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have brought out a new tool in the fight against terrorism: bomb sniffing drones. The team took existing...
Robot Interoperability – The Name of The Game
The U.S. Army launches several competitions to define its future robot unmanned ground systems fleet, in a move that may transform the ground robotics...
This Is Not How You Fight Homegrown Terror
Arie Egozi
Is France closing the stable after the horses escaped? Basically yes, but that stable was so rickety that closing its gate wouldn’t have...
Color-changing film detects chemical weapons
A new way of detecting chemical weapons: thin-film materials change color in response to chemical warfare agents.
In today’s world, in which the threat of...
Experts: Perfect Security At Airports Does Not Exist
Security agents working in western airports are trained to detect all kinds of devices that could put a flight in jeopardy: from explosives disguised...
New technology enables detection of nuclear tests from a distance
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has recently conducted an experiment to improve the U.S. ability to recognise and identify low-yield underground nuclear explosions....
Hitachi to Enter Counter-Terror Field
Hitachi announced that it will begin providing "walk-through type explosives trace detection system" for critical infrastructure facilities such as power plants and data centers...
Weapon Detection Technology Developing In a New Direction
Hard Car Security, a firm from California, recently announced it plans to incorporate a built-in weapon detection system into the walls of client locations...
Mice at security checkpoints?
The Israeli X-Test company is working these days on a system that will train mice to find explosives at airport security checkpoints. The mice,...
No Need to Remove Shoes for Airport Security Checks
A new airport security technology developed. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to be the first to use new ultraviolet scanners, eliminating the need for passengers...
Raytheon UK launches laser-based IED detection system
Raytheon UK's "Soteria" can confirm and diagnose threats from a safe distance to maximize protection of troops and vehicles.
Raytheon UK has launched a laser-based stand-off...
New Israeli IED Detection System
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Ramta Division has completed the engineering testing phase and has begun building a technology demonstrator of a multi-sensor system called...
The Growing U.S. “Bomb Library”
The U.S. has a "Bomb Library" and it serves as an important tool in the fight against terror.
It has been ten years since the...
New Sensors Could Turn Smartphones into Explosive Detectors
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed a technology to fabricate a sensor that could detect chemical substances traces in gaseous or...
New U.S. Explosives Detector
Though IED detonations have declined in Afghanistan since a peak of more than 2,000 in the month of June 2012, Department of Defense reports...
Chemical Terror Attack During Tokyo Sports Events Not Ruled Out
Tokyo Police conducted an anti-terror drill at a sports arena in central Tokyo based on a scenario of terrorists launching a chemical attack during...
New Sewer Sensors Sniff Out Signs of Bombs and Drugs
Bomb-makers and chemists with Breaking Bad crystal-meth type labs better watch out. A sewer system full of chemical sensors could sniff out their homemade...
AUS&R 2014 Event – Unprecedented attendance of 3500 Visitors
The conference and exhibition attracted more than 3500 visitors.
Media representatives from all over the world "stormed" the AUS&R 2014 event yesterday, in a way...
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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...
