U.S. Navy to Adopt New Explosives Detection Tech
U.S. Navy bomb-disposal experts are asking industry members to submit candidate ground-based multispectral and hyperspectral imaging systems for comparative tests and evaluations scheduled for...
Unmanned Systems – Saving Human Lives
Roadside bombs in Afghanistan, mines in the Persian Gulf’s shipping lanes, blazing infernos in downtown neighborhoods – danger seemingly lurks around every corner.
Throughout time,...
New Bottle Scanning Solution for Airport Security
Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology which may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They have...
Navy AUV Sets Mission Endurance Record
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, has executed a record setting 507 km (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission...
Portable Scanner to Detect Concealed Weapons
Prototype radar scanners that can detect weapons concealed on people in public spaces is set to undergo real-world testing next year. According to the...
New Explosives Detector Receives DHS Approval
Implant Sciences Corporation announced that the QS-B220 explosives and drugs trace detector has been issued a SAFETY Act Designation from the Department of Homeland...
TSA to Test New Checkpoint Detector Systems
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has ordered advanced software and hardware for uncovering liquid explosives and other threats.
The systems, which can be retrofitted into...
U.S. Army to Develop Smart Mine Detection System
The AMDS program is developing a prototype UGV-based mine-detection sensor suite that can find buried anti-personnel mines. The AMDS consists of a suite of...
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...
Russia and NATO Develop New Crowd-Screening Sensors
NATO and Russia are cooperating on a system that will identify terrorist bombers targeting big commuter hubs or sports venues.
NATO said in a video...
Dolphin Sonar Inspires Coin-Sized Bomb Detector
Nature inspiring technology. Dolphin clicks have inspired the development of a cheap, coin-sized radar gadget that can sense hidden electronics. The device could be...
Kenya Receives U.S-Made Bomb Detection and Disposal Equipment
The Kenyan Police Service (KPS) has taken delivery of United States-made bomb disposal equipment for use in anti-terror operations by the Criminal Investigations Department...
DARPA and U.S Army Researchers Work on New IED-Proof Vehicles
The U.S. army has an urgent need for a vehicle that can protect its passengers from improvised explosive devices (IED).
Over the next 18 months,...
TALON, Most Widely Used Robot Across the Globe
QinetiQ North America’s Talon robot is now actively being deployed in 30 countries globally including U.S., Europe and Africa. Since its introduction more than...
American Company Introduces New Security-Screening Kiosk
Qylur Security Systems introduces the Qylatron, a security screening system for quick processing at entrances to crowded venues and mega events. The system verifies...
A New Israeli Mine & IED Detection System
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Ramta's Division has completed the last phase of engineering testing and has begun building a technology demonstrator of a multi-sensor...
Colombia has Shown Interest in an Israeli MRAP
The MKII Zibar Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) developed by Zibar in Israel has been demonstrated to the Colombian Army and Marine Corps, reportedly arousing...
New System for Jamming Remote Controlled IEDs Activated Against Vehicles
While previous systems on the market are active, operating continuously, the MRJ is a reactive system that analyses intercepted signals and jams potential threats...
NATO armies to use new gear – IED jammers and mobile...
Netline Communications Technologies, a producer of high-end electronic warfare and spectrum dominance systems for defense forces and homeland security agencies, has won tenders to...
Improvised explosive devices are still a threat
U.S. troops in Afghanistan are months away from the 2014 drawdown, but this latest statistic could lift some weight off their shoulders.
According to Military...
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...
Sensors: more powerful than ever
Recently, a number of advances in sensor technology for battlefield/military have found their way into the news.
For example, the US Army Research Lab is...
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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...
