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Technology

securing sporting events

Predictive technology will play a vital role in securing future major sport events. During a keynote speech on smart cities and the future of...
urban warfare

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been testing drones to operate without human or GPS assistance. The first phase of DARPA’s...
remote video surveillance

Securing remote and isolated infrastructure such as pipelines is challenging. Threats vary from illegal trespassing, vandalism, copper theft to sabotage. Security systems need to...
anti-aircraft

A new naval missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system, Pantsir-ME, was presented recently by the Russian corporate Rostec’s subsidiary, Tula KBP. The system provides...
unmanned platforms

The Australian Defense Force (ADF) will be working towards the delivery of unmanned platforms for military operations, with an AU$50 million injection from the...
border wall

The US Department of Homeland Security will start construction of prototypes for a border wall this summer in the San Diego area, agency officials...
video analytics

Innovative video analytics solutions complemented by optical tools can bring about a robust surveillance system. Canon Group's imaging capabilities, network image processing technology and...
the islamic state

Police in Northern Ireland are leading a bid to improve the detection of terrorist content on the internet. Project TENSOR is aimed at tackling...
drones

Turkey’s military and procurement officials are increasingly relying on various drone systems, most notably to boost the country’s asymmetrical fight against Kurdish insurgents and...
special forces

The U.S. Special Operations Command operates a school to teach courses that are germane to special operators. The self-professed mission of Joint Special Operations...
navy

The CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS has once again convinced with its outstanding maritime capability when successfully completing qualification flights for the French Navy recently. According to...
smart cities

Electricity grid operators in the U.S. experience near constant cyberattacks, with one utility recording approximately 10,000 cyberattacks a month. Cybersecurity issues can come up...
surveillance radar

A new ultra-light surveillance radar, the Gabbiano TS has been unveiled by Leonardo, the result of the company’s efforts to package all the technology...
laser scanning

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...
drone terrorism

Terrorist groups around the world are taking advantage of the increasing accessibility of drone technology to build and deploy them as weapons. ISIS has...
attack helicopter

Pakistan has been examining a light attack helicopter for its army. It may have selected the Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) T129 ATAK helicopter over...
soldier systems

The US Army has been pushing to make systems more user-friendly to the average soldier in the field. Soldiers will have to operate systems...

The visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Israel is highly important due to the links between this state and the Israeli defense...
homeland security

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has to reorganize to respond to terrorism threat. "Now the reorganization occurs at a backdrop of changing assumptions, in which...
ISIS

The U.S. Air Force‘s newest MQ-9 Reaper drone, the Block 5 variant, has begun hunting the Islamic State organization, the service said. The medium-altitude drone,...
geo-spatial

Geo-fencing technologies that use the global positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to define geographical boundaries have various applications. Now they are...
detecting concealed weapons

Concealed weapons detection systems that enable the screening of individuals in the public sphere without them being aware of it, can buy first responders...