Israeli academic institutions shoulder the development efforts focusing on Robotic solutions...
Israel's universities and institutes have teams developing various robots which will be capable of travelling across tunnels, overcome barriers and map their surroundings.
The last...
Police ‘Bobcat’ digging in the mud – tidbits from the AUS&R...
Israeli Police bomb disposal division showcased its robotic equipment without needing any environmental simulation. The rain provided the real setting to the display, as...
Wednesday, November 26 is the day: AUS&R 2014
Western Rishon LeZion, Israel's largest Unmanned Systems' Event – complete with airshow, ground autonomous systems display, exhibition of 40 presenters and a professional convention
The...
Pentagon Counter-IED Group heads to Iraq as attacks surge
The Pentagon’s Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is preparing to deploy members to Iraq where 145 roadside bomb attacks carried out by Islamic State militants killed...
This Could Be the Future of Battlefield Robotics
The floor of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., was an obstacle course this week, as the Association of the United...
US: the Federal Bureau of Prisons introduces Millimeter Wave Scanner
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is examining a new technology for its security details, a millimeter wave scanner, designed to screen visitors, internees and...
iHLS TV – Nuclear Turkey, Apache simulator hacked, drone strikes in...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (21 October 2014):
German intelligence: Turkey is working on its own nuclear program
Gamers hacked US Army Apache simulator
US...
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...
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...
The advent of the electronic nose
It is hardly a secret that when some people visit their family members or friends in prison, they have been to known to smuggle...
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...
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...
Israeli Experts – Entry Passes Cannot Protect Critical Sites
The experts have reacted to the case of an Australian senator that earlier this week brought a fake pipe bomb into a committee meeting...
New Israeli Combat Engineering Robot
Unmanned systems 2014 - Combat engineering missions include route clearance and landmine and explosive device (ED) neutralization in diverse operational arenas.
These missions are currently...
New Scanner May End Aviation Liquid Restrictions
A new machine, capable of identifying the chemical composition of liquids sealed within non-metallic containers without opening them, has been developed by Cobalt Light...
Canada Invests in Explosives Detection
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) contracted L-3 Security & Detection Systems to supply its high-speed eXaminer XLB explosives detection systems.
The total value...
Computer Simulations Help Predict Blast Scenarios
Simulation-based engineering science (SBES) allows researchers to predict the effects of building explosions and analyze the response of building materials to those threats.
Using...
Explosives Detection: The End of Full-body Scanners?
The end of body scanners in airports?
Standing in a full-body scanner at an airport is not fun, and the process adds time and stress...
Explosive Detector Gains TSA Approval
An explosive trace detector from Smiths Detection meets new Transportation Security Administration guidelines and is on TSA's approved equipment list.
The company's IONSCAN 500DT is...
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...
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...
Rare Prohibited Items Harder to Detect by Airport Screening
Airport security X-ray screeners are trained to spot dangerous objects in luggage - but a new study finds that humans doing image-based item recognition...
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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...
