Are Critical Infrastructures Vulnerable to Cyberattacks?
Recent Russian cyber attacks against US targets have raised the concern of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A critical infrastructure may be...
New to the Archaeologist’s Tool Kit: The Drone
As land values rise, Peru’s ancient sites are under threat from development. To respond, Peru is creating a drone air force to map, monitor...
Innovative Vest for Law Enforcement Staff
New technologies offer law enforcement officers various personal security solutions. Safariland, a leader in the armor market, has picked Honeywell’s Spectra Shield and Gold...
How wireless technology can dramatically improve ship safety
Quickly and efficiently evacuating passengers and crew from a ship in case of emergency is a matter of life and death. With a view...
Virtual Training to Enhance Units Effectivity During Operations
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted NSC, a software engineering company providing training and simulation products, to deliver unit-based virtual training (UBVT)...
Counter IED and Mine System unveiled
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled its new CIMS (Counter IED and Mine Suite) - an integrated suite of sensors for protection of tactical maneuvering...
Are the Night Vision Goggles Used in the Bin Laden Raid...
The $65,000 goggles allow SEALs to clear corners better than the traditional night vision eyepieces, which are like “looking through toilet paper tubes.”
L-3’s Ground Panoramic...
China unveils first amphibious UAV
China has unveiled the first amphibious made by a local company.
Built by Shanghai UVS Intelligence System Co., the prototype S100 Seaplane fixed-wing UAV can...
US Air Force Calling for Industry Developments
The US Air Force has recently released an industry Invitation to participate in an evaluation experiment of the military utility for light attack platforms...
Acronyms – The Technology Forces a Change
By Arie Egozi
The world is changing fast and defense technologies and the rules that are meant to control them are also very flexible.
This fact...
Cyber: hackers attack German steel mill causing physical damage
According to a report issued by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik - BSI), hackers had struck an...
Drone Delivery Takes Another Step Forward
A new record has recently been set in long-distance drone delivery. The consortium Team Roadrunner from Nevada set the record flying a fixed-wing Unmanned...
Amazon Gets Experimental Airworthiness Certificate
The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon Logistics, Inc. unmanned aerial systems (UAS) design that the company...
Smartphone App to Help Perform Better Firearm Training
Firearm professionals as well as amateurs need constant shooting training. A new smartphone application coupled with a sensor will revolutionize firearm training. The virtual...
Watchkeeper Flown in UK Civil Airspace For The First Time
For the first time, an unmanned aircraft was flown alongside commercial aircraft, which in a couple of years, could lead to pilotless cargo flights,...
Watch This Drone Fly Almost 50 km/h While Avoiding Obstacles
One of the main issues facing drones these days is obstacle avoidance. “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get...
Tactical Video Technology for HLS
Elsight offers Intelligence gathering and information sharing capabilities both for live and file-based video transport and acquisition applications
The demand for cutting edge security solutions...
April 7th cyber attack
Background
As you all know, there is a planned cyber attack on Israeli websites, planned for April 7th 2013.
Actually, the attack has already begun. In...
UAS Market to Reach $2.3 Billion by 2017
Homeland security and commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) are used by countries to protect their borders and get aerial views of commercial projects. Complex...
Estonia: A New Potential Market For Israeli Companies?
The Estonian military is aiming to spend some 818 million euros (US $902 million) on acquisitions of new weapons and equipment by 2020, according...
North Korea Is Prepared to Launch Ballistic Missiles Anytime
"Seoul is aware that North Korea is prepared to launch a ballistic missile at anytime,”
a South Korean military official says. And so it may...
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes 1st Pilotless Flight
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next generation of combat training...












































