Geospatial

Flying drones through cluttered environments like cities is complicated. The ability to avoid obstacles while traveling at high speeds has computational limits, especially for...

We are inviting ground-breaking startups in the security, defense and homeland security (HLS) fields to take part in a first-of-its kind startup competition. iHLS is...

Servers are increasingly becoming the heart of any geospatial analysis system. All face a similar challenge, whether the system is in the ‘cloud’, a...

The IoT market is experiencing an explosion of GPS-based location-aware devices. However, security and privacy have become serious and significant concerns for consumers of...

New research from the University of Washington suggests that the Egyptian fruit bat is using similar techniques to those preferred by modern-day military and...

Military forces use computer simulations to prepare their personnel for real-life situations. The virtual reality technology is gradually used in the military virtual training,...

The Red Flag US Air Force drill started just recently. Red Flag is the biggest Air Force annual drill, taking place in Nevada and...

Preventing collisions is vital for the safe operation of drones, especially in an urban airspace with many potential obstacles. Drones with obstacle detection and...

The world's vast oceans and seas offer seemingly endless spaces in which adversaries can maneuver undetected. The U.S. military deploys networks of manned and...

The US Defense Department is reviewing whether cellphones should be banned at the Pentagon - where 23,000 military and civilian personnel work at the...

Drones in the service of first responders can eliminate surprises by understanding a scene and its threats far better than possible from the ground....

In the future autonomous world, the challenge of managing drone traffic in low-altitude airspace will require more solutions, already needed today. Moreover, the traffic...

Strava is a fitness tracking app that is now very widespread among runners and cyclists. It lets you record your activity using the GPS...

The US Army is engineering a new Hostile Fire Detection system for its fleet of armored combat vehicles to identify, track and target enemy...

As we have posted earlier, a drone attack was carried out by rebel forces in Syria against two Russian military bases, one was the...

A new concept of a drone network is designed to combat the energy limitations of individual drones by enhancing their connectivity to one another,...

Drones offer a vast, bird’s eye view for collecting data, which can contribute enormously to diverse areas such as weather, traffic flow, and even...

The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system has been helping US officials to notify communities of important happenings ever since it was introduced in 2012....

Danny Bowman, a Sandia National Laboratories geophysicist needs a very little number of everyday products in order to build a solar-powered hot air balloon...

A new patrol robot with artificial intelligence capabilities leverages the proven Segway mobility platform in operating various security missions. The robot is equipped with...

A world record was set for the largest drone swarm ever deployed during an aerial show in China. A swarm of 1,180 coordinated drones...

GPS signals don't penetrate very deeply or at all in water, soil or building walls, and therefore, can't be used by submarines or in...