Orbital Corp delivers Boeing’s first UAV propulsion system
Orbital Corporation Limited has delivered the first purpose-built ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) propulsion system to Insitu Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company,...
Le Sueur County: first to get FAA approval for drone operations
Le Sueur County has contracted Tim Briggs, president of AeroLogix Consulting Inc., to use his Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to collect high resolution aerial...
Dogs’ olfactory senses, screening, ariport and border checkpoints
How do you train a dog to detect a threat and issue an alert?
Dogs are known for their highly keen sense of smell. While...
NASA aims for air traffic control system for commercial drones
Agency seeks partners for a multi-year project to develop a protocol the FAA can implement for the safe commercial use of drones in the...
iHLS TV Special Edition – UAVs on espionage and reconnaissance missions
Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (UAVs) are sent to complex and faraway espionage and reconnaissance missions, thereby avoiding the high risks posed to manned missions.
This special...
New communication technology unveiled at Sedgwick County Jail
The days of the old jail visitation rooms and conversations through a glass window will be no more.
The Sedgwick County Jail will transition the visitation...
This Land Is Your Land, but ןs the Air the FAA’s...
The FAA will have to update its regulations in the face of a booming field.
In Turkey, the remains of Antiochia ad Cragum, an ancient...
The advent of the electronic nose
It is hardly a secret that when some people visit their family members or friends in prison, they have been to known to smuggle...
Tianjin expo reveals Chinese UAV innovations, aspirations
According to Chinese press reports, a family of inflatable UAVs were unveiled at a recent technology exhibition.
Chief designer Zhang Bing Yan introduced the "software...
US Army activates its first cyber protection brigade
On September 5, the US Army activated a new Cyber Protection Brigade— the first of its kind in the Army — at Fort Gordon,...
OSCE to use Austrian-made drones to monitor Ukraine conflict
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has Friday confirmed it will use Austrian-made drones for observational purposes in eastern Ukraine.
The Vienna-based...
Baltimore installs technology to prohibit cellphone access
A new technology installed at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC) will crack down on contraband cell phone use at the facility. Calls are...
Recording calls to improve service – is that really so?
AT&T announced it was introducing a pilot system to its Customer Service Relations (CSR) for recording customers' calls as well as analyzing content and...
The week ahead: House eyes passport holders linked to ISIS
U.S Lawmakers this week will focus on the threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members using western passports to enter the...
Microsoft defies judge, refuses to hand over customer Emails
Microsoft looks set to be found in contempt of court after defying an order from a US judge that it should hand over data...
Earthquake App underscores vulnerable housing in Oakland, California
A new mobile and Web app, called SoftStory, maps and highlights seismically vulnerable housing.
It’s been said the greatest dangers are the ones unseen. The...
iHLS TV – Firefighting in Greece, Italian convoy protection, ISIS, Home...
In this Weekly Report (16 September 2014):
Firefighting in Greece
The Italian Army is evaluating an unlimited aerial surveillance system for real-time convoy protection
ISIS plans to launch...
Cloud computing in the banking system – jeopardizing financial data?
Israel’s wealthiest bodies, the banks and the credit companies, will save a fortune and grow fatter, but what about the security of Israelis’ financial...
Canadian police use UAV to find family lost in forest
Earlier this year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nova Scotia unveiled a new fleet of vision-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for purposes that include...
Jail Surveillance in Maricopa County Goes High Def
New system captures and retrieves video from six facilities housing as many as 10,000 inmates.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Arizona is implementing jail...
FBI version of finding Silk Road server: a lot like hacking
To hear the FBI tell it, tracking down the secret server behind the billion-dollar drug market known as the Silk Road was as easy...
Making drones more customizable
A first-ever standard “operating system” for drones, developed by a startup with MIT roots, could soon help manufacturers easily design and customize unmanned aerial...
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