In a Decade Robots Will Outnumber Humans in the U.S. Army
A lot can happen in 10 years, especially with the ever-increasing advances in technology. That’s no truer than for the military. Long have robotic...
U.S. Company Introduces Improved Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles
The Sparton Corp. Navigation and Exploration segment in De Leon Springs, Fla., is introducing the GEDC-6E improved gyro attitude and heading measurement system and...
Australia Knew the NSA was Hacking iPhones
Australian intelligence agencies may have had knowledge of a top secret U.S. NSA program for targeting iPhones, according to newly-released documents.
Slides released recently by...
ADME Conference: Protecting Israel’s Skies
Israeli skies are under constant threat of rockets, missiles and mortar fire, launched by terrorist organizations and aimed at cities and towns
Israel has developed...
How Secure is the Israeli Electrical Grid?
Israeli experts are studying the results of an exercise that pointed to the vulnerability of the electrical grid
The North American Electric Reliability corporation (NERC)...
A New Homeland Security College Founded
Fifteen years after 9/11, the spectre of terrorism remains a global threat and, in response, the University of Albany, New York, announced that it...
Troublesome Radar Delays Triton UAV Development
Efforts to fix the problematic sense and avoid system on the Triton UAS continue. The U.S. Navy continues to assess its options to replace...
Innovative EOD and First Responders Vehicle
A new rapid response, light tactical electric vehicle (LTEV) for use by US law enforcement and government agencies was unveiled recently. This swift and...
Driverless Cars are Getting Smarter
Google's quest to build and deploy cars that drive themselves has been going well. On Monday, Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving car project,...
New Anti-Jamming System Tested
Jamming and interference, whether intentional or unintentional, can seriously degrade GPS position, navigation and time availability-even to the point of total solution denial. Jammers...
New U.S. Cybersecurity Legislation
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Wednesday approved legislation introduced earlier this week reported by Homeland Security Today that would take...
An Equivalent to License plates – for UAV’s?
AirMap, a world leader in airspace management for unmanned aircraft, recently announced a partnership with DigiCert that will enable, for the first time, instant...
Combined Weapons Packages – A Good Export Selling Point
By Arie Egozi
Armed forces around the world are looking more and more for weapons "packages" that will provide them with combined capabilities.
This demand allows...
What is Amazon Developing Behind Closed Doors?
Amazon is getting ready to examine it’s wireless communications technology abilities, including mobile devices and fixed-base stations in rural Washington and Seattle, the company...
Losing the cyber war: How to get out of the box...
The United States is losing the cyber war. Despite hugely increased expenditures on cyber security, every day the situation worsens and we continue to...
New lightweight Armor
Stark Aerospace has recently unveiled ProtectLite Armor, a cost effective lightweight, highly resilient, survivability solution at the 2014 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, being...
NSA surveillance is about to go on trial
A federal Appeals Court this week will review the government's controversial domestic spying program that collects the phone records of virtually all Americans, a...
The environmentally friendly drone that could ‘disappear’ on the battlefield
Drones are, largely, military tools: hardened, efficient machines of war. They’re sturdy, not fuzzy. Strong, not brittle.
But breaking down is exactly what the bio-drone...
All Los Angeles Police Officers to Wear Body Cameras by 2016:...
All 7,000 officers of Los Angeles police are to be outfitted with body cameras by 2016, the city's Mayor Eric Garcetti announced, following mass unrest across the United States caused...
Elite Units Trying to Get Ahead in The UAV Game
With more technologically advanced UAVs flying than ever, military leaders are starting to rethink the way they look at air superiority. The case is...
Small UASs Innovations
Among the main attractions at the recent CES fair in Las Vegas, was the unmanned aerial system (UAS) show. Some of the featured models...
What’s really plaguing cyber security?
It’s exactly the same as with car accidents. The problem with cyber security is enforcement. There are many law, lots of regulation, plenty of...
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This Rifle Can Switch Calibers in a Minute to Match the...
Modern military units often face a difficult compromise when selecting small arms. Rifles optimized for close and medium-range combat typically use ammunition that is...
