Report: Volgograd Terror Attack Highlights Need for Rail Security

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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...
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Defense Empire Succesful in Unmanned Mine-Hunting

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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

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled its new CIMS (Counter IED and Mine Suite) - an integrated suite of sensors for protection of tactical maneuvering...
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Scientists Find Innovative Method for Remote Landmine Detection

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  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

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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...
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Robot Interoperability – The Name of The Game

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...
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Weapon Detection Technology Developing In a New Direction

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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?

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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,...
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No Need to Remove Shoes for Airport Security Checks

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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...
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Chemical Terror Attack During Tokyo Sports Events Not Ruled Out

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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

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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

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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

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Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...