A ‘Ghost’ in operational status soon
Test flights of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) GHOST mini hovering unmanned system (UAS) continue and the system is expected to gain full operational...
NSA eavesdropping as business opportunity
To many Americans, online eavesdropping by the U.S. National Security Agency is an outrage, a threat to privacy and freedom. To some, it's a business opportunity.
A small but...
UAVs becoming armed threats – tactical laser weapon already in the...
Raytheon Co. will develop a tactical laser weapon mounted on a maneuverable combat vehicle to protect U.S. Marine Corps task forces from unmanned aerial...
Cybersecurity among top energy industry concerns
Attacks on an electric facility and increased attention from regulators has fueled concern about safeguarding facilities. Cybersecurity leapt onto the list of the top five...
The underground threat is not an exclusively Israeli problem
A lot of attention has been paid in the past weeks to Israel's struggle against the terror tunnels employed by Hamas in Gaza. Nevertheless,...
New to the Archaeologist’s Tool Kit: The Drone
As land values rise, Peru’s ancient sites are under threat from development. To respond, Peru is creating a drone air force to map, monitor...
Port safety and security from an underwater perspective
Should unmanned vehicles play a role in port safety and security? Absolutely.
The military, scientific, oil and gas industries have certainly adopted the use...
iHLS TV – special intelligence edition, part 2
A review of the field of Signal Intelligence, or SIGINT – involving the analysis of electronic signals.
New mobile passport control app available
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the launch of the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the U.S.
Mobile...
Fighting terror and crime using intelligence visualization
Intelligence agencies generate massive amounts of information. How can experts avoid getting flooded by the endless stream of data, and instead use it to...
The Future of Wearable Technologies in Law Enforcement
This year's Consumer Electronics Show ushered in a new term that is destined to become as common as "Google" in the near future: wearables....
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles and port safety
Bios Swimmer is an unmanned vehicle that can operate underwater as well as on the surface, designated to follow incoming vessels and monitor possible...
The FBI just used facial recognition to catch a fugitive of...
A recent FBI case has proved that the bureau's facial recognition systems works.
The story starts with a fugitive, Neil Stammer, who had been on...
Commercial drone market set to take off in China
Commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging line of business in China, set to be worth billions of yuan within a...
The new Mafia: Battling hackers like organized crime
Recruiting and researching the hacker community could boost cybersecurity.
Hackers can be tough opponents because the best of them share ideas online about new ways...
The U.S. needs more drones
Al-Qaeda is morphing and metastasizing, spreading like a cancer in an arc of jihadism from the deserts of Northern Mali through Libya, Nigeria, Somalia,...
Tension between China, Canada over hacking incidents
Beijing is not happy that Canada's government is naming and shaming Chinese hackers.
The big news on the television and on the front page of...
Israeli company awarded major Latin-American contract
Elbit Systems was awarded an $80 million contract to supply a Latin American country with Command, Control, Computer & Communications (C4I) systems.
iHLS – Israel...
The Russian market is closed for Israeli UAS manufacturers
The Israeli ministry of defense (MOD) banned all the Israeli manufactures of unmanned air systems (UAS) from offering their systems to Russia.
The decision is...
iHLS TV – Ebola bomb, police drones and data fusion
Articles and issues discussed in this week's report:
Miami police tests new surveillance drones
New armored mini-tractor for law enforcement agents
Possible Ebola "dirty bomb" worries experts
U.S....
Commercial drone flights ‘years away’
Widespread use of commercial drones is likely to take significantly longer than many proponents of the budding industry anticipate, according to U.S. and Canadian...
The technology behind modern intelligence
The modern world we live in dictates the use of many modes of electronic communications: Wired and cellular communications, surfing the internet, sending e-mails,...















































