Surveillance

Articles and issues discussed in this week’s report: Al-Qaeda financing sources China vs Microsoft QinetiQ's new airborne communications surveillance systems Terrorists using social media

To many Americans, online eavesdropping by the U.S. National Security Agency is an outrage, a threat to privacy and freedom.  To some, it's a business opportunity. A small but...

A recent FBI case has proved that the bureau's facial recognition systems works. The story starts with a fugitive, Neil Stammer, who had been on...

The modern world we live in dictates the use of many modes of electronic communications: Wired and cellular communications, surfing the internet, sending e-mails,...

A review of Israel's offshore security systems, defending its #underwater natural #gas reservoirs.

The horror scenario of evacuating tens of thousands of residents living near hazardous materials facilities, refineries or military industries requires an immediate control capabilities...

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third largest in the UK with over 600,000 people. This commercial center will also soon play...

The U.S. Army is developing 80-yard long surveillance balloons that can pinpoint targets from beyond-the-horizon by floating up to 10,000-feet in the sky and...

Israeli ground forces are getting more help from above. First it was UAS and now the idea is to equip almost every fighter with...

Lawyers for Mohamed Mohamud, a U.S. citizen who lived in Oregon, have been denied a motion to dismiss his terrorism conviction, with the court...

Domestic Drone Countermeasures, an Oregon-based company that designs drone countermeasure systems, said it “has received death threats; witnessed comments systematically killed in articles, blogs...

Romanian authorities have decided that drones weighting less than 150 kilos should be registered and insured before being used in Romania. According to sUAS the...

IAI's Heron UAV is actively participating in the Rio de-Janeiro security efforts during the FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil. The Heron was deployed in...

Articles discussed in this episode: Israeli SkyStar-180 aerostat helps secure world cup Israeli company Plasan to supply APCs for Brazillian police UK Hackers face life in prison Romanian...

Issues and articles discussed in this episode: U.S. researchers develop controllable insect spies New Google software vulnerability revealed New Israeli sniper rifle Israeli robotic system turns vehicles unmanned

Israeli technologies help secure the world cup in Brazil. One is an aerostat that hovers over the Fan area of Copacabana, the SkyStar-180 developed...

The war on keeping the privacy of cell phone users won another battle. A U.S federal appeals court has ruled that tracking Americans’ movements...

Interview with Martin Kowen, marketing director for GM AFCON, on offshore and perimeter security solutions.

This is a classic transfer of technology from the battle grounds to fires that call for the intervention of fire fighters. In the heat of...

A review of the technologies used by Israeli security forces in the search for the three missing youths in the west bank: Elbit's new version...

Police forces in the U.S. use advanced surveillance equipment to spy on entire neighborhoods. The American government instructed local police forces to hide files...

Unmanned systems 2014 - RT LTA Systems has unveiled the SkyStar 100 mini aerostat. The system is Compact, portable, and rapidly deployed, designed for...