TSA Lets Weapons Slip Through Screening 95% Of Cases
Since its creation almost 14 years ago, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has had one goal...
A Quadcopter System To Catch Drones Mid-Air
Landing fixed-wing UAVs is a problem, a big problem. The added weight from proper landing gear greatly reduces a drone’s range and operational capability,...
IAI Unveils “TERRA” Radar System
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveils "Terra"- a dual-band radar system, for optimization of early-warning, detection and accurate tracking of very long range targets such...
Autonomous Buses Are Finally (Almost) Here
Autonomous cars and trucks, we are told, are just around the corner. Now, autonomous buses are, as well.
In a world-first, the Swiss city of...
How To Help A Battlefield Commander Handle The Flood Of Information
Olga Grosman-Ezrahi
The IDF is adjusting its land forces to cope with a "flood" of information from various sources, to turn what might be confusing...
RF Mapping Offers Intelligence, Communications Capabilities
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the third phase of its RF Mapping program, RadioMap,...
First “East of Suez” UK Naval Base In 40 Years Begins...
by Konstantin Bodragin
UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond and his Bahraini counterpart Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa held a groundbreaking ceremony last weekend,...
Microsoft Admits: Windows 10 Spying Cannot Be Stopped
Windows 10 constantly calls home - a lot. Back in August, Ars Technica reported on a list of features in Microsoft Windows 10 that...
US Air Force Contract Raises Questions And Protests
Northrop Grumman has won the contract to build the US Air Force’s next-generation Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Air...
Spying Fuels Chinese Jets’ Development
Long gone are the days when China was so far lagging behind the West in technological development that it was barely even in the...
US Worried Over Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables
Every time you use the internet - watching videos, sending e-mails, browsing the web - data is being sent and received through an intricate...
Boeing Develops EMP Weapon
You may have thought that Boeing is all about airplanes, but the company has a less known department called Boeing Phantom Works. This department...
US Defence Firm’s Secretive Agreement With Iran
Details emerged this week of a secretive deal between GTT Communications Inc, a firm closely associated with the American intelligence community, and the Government...
Germany Tightens The Reins On Spy Service
The US National Security Agency (NSA) overstepped an intelligence-sharing agreement with Germany by requesting German technicians to snoop on allied governments‘ emails, a top-level...
Greece, Turkey Join NATO Cyber Defense Center
Finland, Greece and Turkey finalised their accession process to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCD COE). The Greek Republic and the...
The Future Of Anti-Submarine Warfare
Uk based Blue Bear Systems Research (BBSR) company is promoting its autonomous sonobuoy deployment (ASD) capability that enhances anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations.
The company sees...
A Drone That Ignites Fires To Prevent Wildfires
A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought – and encourage the use of prescribed...
New Material to Protect from Electronic Surveillance
Conductive Composites, a small Utah company, has developed an extremely thin, flexible material, to shield from electronic emissions and electromagnetic pulses.
Beyond traditional network-penetration, novel...
I-HLS TV Interview – Jospeh Lechner, Linear Technology
תת, a high-end manufacturer company specializing in industry solutions, spoke with I-HLS after AUS&R 2015 about the company's interest in Israel and in the...
Is Russia Already Fighting In Space?
The world’s major powers follow an unwritten rule when it comes to space exploration: no weapons in orbit. But lately the three leading space...
The U.S Adapts The Israeli Layered Missile Defense System
The US has conducted a $230 million worth test of a layered missile defense system, which has the ability of Aegis and THAAD weapons...
Beneath The Surface: Internal Fingerprint Sensors
The Optical Society (OPA) reports that scientists from The Langevin Institute, Paris, France, have constructed a new fingerprint imaging system that peers inside the...
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One of the World’s Most Widely Used Machine Guns Is Evolving...
Machine guns remain a core element of infantry firepower, but the way soldiers use them has changed significantly over the past two decades. Modern...
