New Technology Added to the Forensic Toolbox
Law enforcement officers’ work is becoming easier with the help of emerging technologies. Forensic laser systems are powerful lighting tools to help visualize forensic...
Disposable Supply Drones Will Reach Danger Zone
A promising supply drone is under development. Essentially an unmanned cargo container, the drone is one of a number of related projects the Marine...
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to Assist Coast Guard
A new autonomous underwater vehicle under development with the assistance of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will help the coast guard with...
Highly Mobile Robot Could Help in Military Patrols
Boston Dynamics has officially unveiled its latest robot after footage leaked earlier in February showing the new design. Known as "Handle" the new research...
Airborne Radar Warning Receiver Heading to Next Level of Innovation
A Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) was successfully demonstrated on a Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 UAV. The results were recently announced by Predator’s manufacturer,...
Smart Airport Security System Helped Detect ISIS Suspects
The Senegalese authorities that apprehend two high-ranking ISIS jihadists in the Senegal Airport were assisted by a security system developed by Securiport, a company...
3D-Printed Sensor Coating Would Cover Robots and Aircraft
A new method of creating flexible, printable electronics that combine sensors and processing circuitry was developed by MIT researchers. The work was supported by...
New Tactical UAV Unveiled in Iranian Exhibition
The Iranian tactical unmanned aerial vehicle Mohajer-6 was showcased recently. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the Mohajer-6 UAV and the domestic training jet Kosar,...
Dogfights of Future Look Nothing Like Their Predecessors
A successful demonstration of manned/unmanned teaming to improve combat efficiency and effectiveness for the warfighter was conducted by Lockheed Martin’s experimental engineering department, Skunk...
Big Data Tech May Alter Modern-Time Homeland Security
A report on "Big Data & Data Analytics Market in Homeland Security and Public Safety: 2017-2022" forecasts that this industry's revenues will grow at...
DHS Looking to Accelerate Its Technology Commercialization
The commercialization of new technologies or products requires experience and expertise. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) is now...
Direction Change in Aerial Refueling UAV Development
The US Navy has modified the concept development contracts of the four aerospace companies competing to build the service’s MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling UAV...
Data Fusion Technology – Vital for Drones and Aircraft
The large amount of data streamed from a wide variety of sensors has been a challenge to the data fusion research community. Weapons developers...
Wearable Sensors for Gaming and Training
In March, CaptoGlove announced a strategic, collaborative relationship with Flexpoint Sensor Systems to deliver innovative, integrated virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) systems to mass markets...
Situational Awareness for Business Firms in War Zones
A new security system which brings together up-to-the-minute information on key security developments in Iraq and the implications for companies operating in the region...
Robot Interoperability – The Name of The Game
The U.S. Army launches several competitions to define its future robot unmanned ground systems fleet, in a move that may transform the ground robotics...
New Counter-Terror Drones Revealed
Two specialist UAVs designed specifically for counter-terror operations were showcased by the French company CM Drones at a recent international exhibition. The company promoted...
Security Hazard at The Tip of Our Fingers
Partial similarities between fingerprints are common enough to make fingerprint-based security systems in mobile phones and other electronic devices unreliable. This was discovered by...
Scientists Find Innovative Method for Remote Landmine Detection
Scientists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have developed a new system that uses a combination of lasers and glowing bacteria for unexploded ordnance...
New Sniper Rifle for Military and Intelligence Missions
Russia plans to equip its military sharpshooters with a new sniper rifle soon, the director of the Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building...
Securing All Platforms of Communication
Securing telephone communication is on the agenda of the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). The organization is “working to...
New Restrictions on Drone Flight
New rules from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will soon restrict drone flight over military bases across the US. The updated regulations prohibit flights...
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