Smaller and more powerful – laser weapons are proving their mettle
Laser weapons, once the stuff of science fiction, are becoming practical – bringing militaries the ability to defend against attacks without having to make,...
Replaying Crime Scene with Advanced Scanner
Police investigators often need a view of the crime scene long after it was cleared, and photos taken at the initial stages may not...
UAVs Recruited for the Anti-ICBM Warfare
Unmanned aerial vehicles have gained wider presence in the laser weapon realm. Now, the US is looking to field a laser-armed unmanned aircraft to...
Dawn of the Drone – Electric UAVs in the coming decade
Thousands of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be deployed in the next few years for both civil and military missions. Early adoption of new...
New Era – Simulating Long Range Laser Weapons
The US Air Force has increased computer simulations and virtual testing for its laser-weapons program to accelerate development and prepare plans to arm fighter...
Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S.
This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...
Wearable Laser Scanner Can Map Tunnels
A real-time 3D mobile surveying and mapping system is offered as a solution for various professional indoor/outdoor scanning missions.
The technology was developed by...
New Simulator – All in One Product
Military training exercises often involve complex procedures and require coordination between dismounted soldiers, vehicles units and more. A new technology offers a unified training...
Global Aeronautics Leader Exposes Urban Environment Landing Tech
In line with its strategy of innovation for the future of vertical flight, Airbus Helicopters is developing an experimental on board image processing management...
New UAV Can Carry Heavy Payload
A new UAV with the ability of up to two hours of continuous flying time and capable of carrying a payload of up to...
Pentagon Seeks Next Phase In Laser Weapon Technology
The Pentagon has played around with aircraft armed with lasers in the past, with the most famous recent example being the Air Force’s missile-zapping...
Laser Missile Defense Carried by UAV To Be Demonstrated
The US has been looking for a laser missile defense weapon carried by un unmanned aerial vehicle. A $9.4 million contract for the Low...
A missile ? a tank round ? both ?
Brazilian delegates showing great interest in a Israeli laser system for helicopters
Israel Aaerospace Industries (IAI) is currently conducting demonstrations of its Nimrod SR laser...
Dedicated Payloads and surveillance means – part 1
ELBIT and CONTROP are among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
The iHLS technology desk...
New Counter-Terror Technologies Developed by China
China has been enhancing its arsenal of counter-terror technologies. Recently, it has developed a new counter-terrorism laser gun capable of hitting the targets within...
Laser For Aerial Defense
Protection from aerial threats is critical for ships out at sea, being exposed to aerial assaults from any direction. Laser technology and its use...
Compact System with High Counter-Drone Capabilities
The weaponization of small and cheap consumer drones, including dropping improvised explosive devices, has urged conventional armies to look for new countermeasures and rapidly...
Drone Payload Market Expected to Grow
UAVs carry onboard a variety of critical electronic systems. Types of payloads include EO/IR, Cameras, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Sigint, Elint, Comint, MPR, Laser...
The Military Wants Lasers To Counter Drones
The military is still looking for ways to handle possible threats arising from the large number of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) flying low...
Laser Guided UAV Landing
UAV landing sometimes entails the risk of an accident due to wrong estimates by the operator. Now, safe takeoff and landing even in the...
New Mobile Mapping System Integrates Lidar & Inertial Navigation System
Geographical mobile mapping systems have become an important component of unmanned aerial vehicles. Together with heavy-payload, low-cost drones and the opening of the civil...
Dual use weapons systems – a good selling asset?
By ARIE EGOZI
Will a dual use weapon system appeal to foreign customers of the Israeli defence industries?
The industries hope that it does and can...
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