DARPA Aims for Jam-Proof Communication Systems
U.S. military researchers have released a formal solicitation for a new electronic warfare program, in order to develop jam-resistant communications and difficult-to-detect-communications technology. The...
Report: Cyber Attacks Against Middle East Embassies
Recent cyber attacks on Middle East embassies were conducted using targeted e-mail messages. The e-mail subject was the Syrian civil war, in an effort...
UAVs Aid U.S. Border Agencies
Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order...
New U.S. Navy Surveillance UAV
Northrop Grumman and the Navy say they’ve just completed the ninth flight trial of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an improvement upon its...
A World Breakthrough in UAV Propulsion
A cooperation between Israel and Singapore has resulted in a breakthrough in powering unmanned air systems. "This will change the world of UAVs and...
2013: Video Analytics in HLS Market Surpassed $8.3 Billion
Video Analytics in Homeland Security & Public Safety Global Markets Surpassed $8.3B in 2013
According to the Intelligent Video Surveillance, ISR & Video Analytics: Technologies...
New Cyber Espionage Program in India
Using the “wrong words” on the internet may put people in trouble, especially true in India.
Use of words like 'attack', 'bomb', 'blast' or 'kill'...
See Through Walls Using Wi-Fi
The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and other objects. Now we could all have X-ray...
End of Windows XP Support to Cause Wave of Cyber Attacks
Microsoft will stop supporting the Windows XP operating system in mid 2014. Java 6 applications will also stop receiving updates. This situation, according to...
New Russian Rotary-Wing UAV
Russian Helicopters, the company that produces rotorcraft in Russia, has shown a demonstrator future rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system to the country’s Airborne Forces (VDV),...
Future Weapons of the NSA: Quantum Computers
The Washington post revealed that NSA is spending a great effort to build a quantum computer that could break most types of encryption.
The NSA...
DARPA Selects Robotics Challenge Winners
Eight teams have been selected out of 16 challengers in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge Trials. DARPA, which conducts advanced...
FAA Selected Operators for Civil UAV Test Sites
The FAA has selected six test sites across the U.S. to conduct civil unmanned aircraft system (UAV) research. Geographic and climatic diversity were key...
U.S. Air Force to Recruit Cyber Specialists
The U.S. Air Force plans to add 1,000 new personnel between 2014 and 2016 as part of its cybersecurity units.
Silicon Valley Business Journal reports...
India to Buy More Israeli UAVs
India is buying 15 Israeli Heron UAVs, according to the Times of India.
According to Defense News India already operates a fleet of Israeli UAVs,...
Pentagon Orders Hundreds of Small Reconnaissance Robots
FirstLook is engineered with visible cameras, long-wave infrared sensors and thermal cameras – all designed to gather and beam back images and video of...
Civilian Radar Operators to Support U.S. Army in Afghanistan
Radar experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment in Linthicum, Md., will continue to operate and support a system designed to detect...
2013 Cyber Summary: More Attacks, More Sophistication
The volume of cyber attacks keeps growing: 91% of organizations worldwide suffered at least one cyber attack in 2013, with 9% being the victim...
Israeli Weapon System to be Used by U.S. Armed UAVs
The U.S. Defense Department wants to arm more drones with lightweight, precision-guided weapons to support a larger range of combat missions.
According to Defense Tech...
China to Deploy “Advanced ” UAS on Aircraft Carrier
Experts say that China may use its first aircart carrier for the operation of different types of UAS.
Beijing's first aircraft carrier has returned from...
Uruguay: New Police UAVs Enter Service
In the framework of a local safe city program, which includes the installation of hundreds of security cameras especially in the downtown area of...
Australia Knew the NSA was Hacking iPhones
Australian intelligence agencies may have had knowledge of a top secret U.S. NSA program for targeting iPhones, according to newly-released documents.
Slides released recently by...
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