Non Lethal

Illustration A US defense contractor has provided the US Navy with two Fortis exoskeletons. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) has ordered a pair of...

Croatia closes seven of the eight road crossings after 11,000 people, who were turned away from Hungary, flooded into the country in a matter...

Chinese scientists have recently developed a new nonlethal weapon to be used against rioters and protestors by police officers as an alternative to lethal...

U.S. police are interested in purchasing the Israeli “Skunk” - a non-lethal weapon used by the Israel police force and IDF for crowd control....

Weaponized drones represent a future for policing — and could be a necessary option in moments when lives are at stake, as some lawmakers...

Israel has renewed interest in non-lethal weapons to disperse of demonstrators, specifically as response to mass assault on a border fence. Among other things, it...

It is hardly a secret that when some people visit their family members or friends in prison, they have been to known to smuggle...

The British Army began trials of a new mobile-directed-energy system as part of Project EALING, which employs advanced radio frequency technology to interfere with...

Responding to disasters around the world requires communicating in foreign languages, the US Army’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division has teamed up with government...

On-water testing began for the fourth-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV), supporting the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program. The Navy intends...

Russian riot police units are well equipped with water cannon, tear gas grenades and electric stunning devices. But international experience shows that so-called “non-lethal...

Simulators to train first responders are being developed in many countries. One has recently been inaugurated in Concordia University. According to the Skanner, this is...

We are all understandably ’hysterical’ about maintaining our privacy. There is no doubt this is a burning, crucial issue. Nevertheless, we ought to bear...

Motorola Solutions adds technology to MTP3000 Series TETRA radios to meet mission-critical demands. The entire MTP3000 Series of Terrestrial Trunked Radios (TETRA) from Motorola Solutions...

  The US armed forces keep looking for new technologies to counter small drones, as they have become a threat from both law enforcement and...

In this weekly report (7 October 2014): Ebola as seen from space Domestic extremism Summit at the Whitehouse, Hackers unleash Shellshock bug New octocopter UAS Darpa looking into the...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this week's Special Video Edition, we discuss the US Navy and the US Army's use of exoskeletons.

A new device, developed mainly for law enforcement agencies, is allowing officers to use force to stop suspects without causing them any pain. The...

Stepping towards integrating robotics into law enforcement, Chinese authorities have begun testing an autonomous spherical robot, the RT-G, developed by the local robotics company...