New Test Range for UAV High Altitudes Flights
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Piaggio Aerospace Aiming at UAV Breakthrough
The Aerospace firm Piaggio announced that it will shortly roll out the second prototype of its P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), to speed...
New Security Scanning Method under Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...
Skin Tattoo Serves to Control Electronic Devices
Researchers from MIT have developed a way to turn your skin into a touch interface for your devices using gold leaf tattoos — and...
US Air Force Looks to Solve Drone Pilot Shortage
The US Air Force has been strengthening its drone warfare options, including drone-pilot training. But the war against ISIS has increased the demand for...
Detector Can Identify Explosives Used in the Brussels Terror Attack
A non-radioactive, hand-held explosive threat detector, now has the additional capability to detect and identify TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide). This was the explosive substance used...
A South African Company Has Developed a New Drone
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Royal Navy Starts Developing Unmanned Maritime Systems
The UK Royal Navy has tested an unmanned speedboat on the River Thames ahead of the Unmanned Warrior exercise, which takes place off west...
Interception System Suppresses UAV Control in Less than Minute
The Shipovnik-AERO electronic warfare system was presented by the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) at the Army-2016 international military technical forum. The system is...
Growing Role of Video Analytics at the Security and Marketing Sectors
The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its functions have expanded to traffic control and...
New Video Analytics Search Engine
Valossa launched a new video analytics platform, Val.ai, which recognizes people, visual entities, speech and motion. It creates structured metadata for video summarization, discovery,...
National Policy on Biometric Applications Declared in Israel
The national policy on biometric applications was declared in Israel this week. The policy enables the balanced use of biometric applications and their advantages...
IDF to Revolutionize Data Centers Array
Earlier today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that tomorrow it will open it's largest bid in the ministry’s' history. The contestants will be...
AUS&R 2016 – Great Interest in Autonomous Systems Field
AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere.
The convention was a remarkable...
Serious Security Flaws Found in Fitness Trackers
Researchers detected serious security flaws in fitness trackers. Many of the fitness trackers track via GPS the kilometers the user run, measure heart rate...
Printing Parts with 3D Technology – Risk for Defense Industries?
Defense and aerospace Industries have been facing the risk of bogus parts manufactured by 3D printers.
The issue of product safety in these industries is...
SWAT Team Used Robot to Disarm Suspect
Los Angeles County SWAT team used a robot to snatch a rifle from an attempted murder suspect. Officials said the unprecedented use of the...
New Drone with Robotic Arms for “Hands-On” Operations
A large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to directly accomplish a variety of tasks, was developed by Prodrone Co. The...
Small Look in To The Future: New Mercedes Van
Mercedes-Benz Vans and Matternet have created a concept car, or as they’re calling it a Vision Van, that could change the way small packages...
DHS Will Receive New Radiation Identifiers
The US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) will receive first regular shipments of
next-generation radioisotope identifier (RIID) systems this fall.
Symetrica’s Smiths Detection RadSeeker handheld...
New Developments at the AUS&R 2016 Confernece
As the presentations went on, the convention’s visitors got a clearer picture of expected developments in the unmanned aerial and land devices industry.
For example,...
AUS&R 2016: The Presentations
After the gathering and demonstration of grounded and aerial unmanned technologies, the presentations began.
First to go was Lt. Col. Momi Alkobi, of Maf’at. Lt....
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