Technology

Technology

disaster response

Disaster response under conditions of lack of conventional communication or internet networking, requires more traditional solutions.   A citywide communications exercise was recently held by...
augmented reality

Most of us have heard stories, if we haven't witnessed them firsthand, of close family relatives having some sort of seizure or being severely...
future battlefield

The future battlefield is at the center of a new US Army study about the warfare over the next few decades. Soldiers can expect...
drone detection tools

Alongside the new opportunities offered by drone technology, people become concerned about their security and privacy. There has been a growing need for drone...
anti-ship

Navies around the world are seeing the advancement made in UAVs and want to apply that technology to their work. According to a Jane.com...
warfighters performance

The U.S. military has a great interest in the comprehensive measurement and tracking of metabolism, both for optimizing warfighters performance under demanding physical conditions...
artificial intelligence

AI (Artificial Intelligence) related methods are being more and more applied in the next wave of cyber security techniques. Whether using deep learning for...
bomb-making components

Scientists are developing new methods to reveal traces of drugs and bomb-making components. A rather new approach named spectroscopy and in particular, infrared absorption spectroscopy,...
combat uav

A new Russian combat UAV was recently developed. Russia’s Modern Aviation Technologies (SAT) Design Bureau has developed a UAV concept based on its SR-10...
anti terror

Various security forces in Europe have been gradually adapting to the new terrorist threat reflected in recent years’ lethal attacks. Ireland’s military special forces, the...
thermal camera

The use of thermal cameras across a range of infrastructure and perimeter security applications is on the rise. A true end-to-end perimeter intrusion detection...
cybersecurity

With Blockchain becoming more popular these days, a significant number of US government departments are rapidly showing interest. The US Department of Homeland Security...
terrorist attack

The terrorist attacks in London during the last months apparently brought about a greater awareness to the need to prepare the public for such...
ISIS

A new use for a bomb-detecting technology: identifying the dangerous opioid fentanyl from a distance using a laser beam to protect soldiers and law...
airborne law enforcement

Airborne law enforcement officers have to be attentive to multiple information sources at the same time, a task that requires clear and accurate displays. Next-generation...
unmanned tank

Unmanned vehicles can be a life-saving solution for operations in areas attacked by unconventional weapons.  The Indian Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has...
video streaming

The video and metadata requirements of modern military and defense missions have been evolving rapidly, making live, real-time video delivery and management in the...
Merkava tank

Israel’s MoD’s Merkava Tank and AFV Program Administration completed the first demonstrative development of the Namer APC with a turret and a cannon. The...
anti unmanned vehicles

A new development at the counter unmanned vehicle arena. The Estonian military expects to demonstrate a prototype of its Shark counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV)...
gps technology

A rising number of vital systems in our lives rely on GPS technology – whether it’s police units, airports or even private car navigation...
laser based 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...
3d printing technology

The benefits of 3D printing technology are known, but less frequently discussed are the dangers. The open and accessible nature of the technology means...