JARUS Publishes Certification Specification for Rotorcraft UAS
JARUS, an international group whose purpose it is, to recommend technical, safety and operational requirements for the certification and safe integration of Remotely Piloted...
U.S. Colleges Add Homeland Security to their Curriculum
The establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks has made “homeland security” a common phrase and...
October Cyber Security Report: A Rise in Ransomware Attacks
The ESET cyber security report for October reveals a troubling rise in the use of the Filecoder malware against small and medium businesses in...
Veteran Israeli Company Enters the Cyber-Defense Market
By iHLS NewsDesk
The Israeli company Magal, known for its physical defense systems, is now entering the cyber-defense market as well. The company will supply...
DARPA Selects Company to Develop New Navy UAV
DARPA has picked AeroVironment as the prime contractor to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV designed to operate from small ships. The $2.3 million contract...
U.S. Army to Develop Smart Mine Detection System
The AMDS program is developing a prototype UGV-based mine-detection sensor suite that can find buried anti-personnel mines. The AMDS consists of a suite of...
Israeli Company Designs Special Systems for the UAS Industry
We tend to forget that underneath their sleek hulls, UAVs and other unmanned systems are complex machines which depend on their individual components. The...
New Sewer Sensors Sniff Out Signs of Bombs and Drugs
Bomb-makers and chemists with Breaking Bad crystal-meth type labs better watch out. A sewer system full of chemical sensors could sniff out their homemade...
2013 Cyber Security Report: One Serious Incident Could Cost $649k
$649,000 is the average cost incurred by large companies in the wake of a cyber-attack, according to the 2013 Global Corporate IT Security Risks...
Russia and NATO Develop New Crowd-Screening Sensors
NATO and Russia are cooperating on a system that will identify terrorist bombers targeting big commuter hubs or sports venues.
NATO said in a video...
The U.S Navy Unmanned Helicopter Makes its First Flight
The MQ-8C Fire Scout — an unmanned helicopter that’s larger and faster than the MQ-8B already in use by the Navy — made its...
INSS Global Cyber Review – November 1st
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Israel counters a Chinese cyber attack
Israeli Channel 2 TV News reported last Sunday Israel's counter-cyber terrorism unit managed to thwart a concerted cyber-attack and...
Israeli UAV Crashed in Gaza
A malfunction in a Skylark UAV, used by IDF artillery and infantry units, crashed in Gaza.
The Skylark, manufactured by Elbit Systems, weighs about 15...
How to Process the “Mountain” of Video Data?
How can security forces deal with the astronomic amounts of video data collected by all sorts of different sensors? Over the past decade, technological...
The Case of the Killer UAS
Killer unmanned air systems (UAS) are accurate most of the time. The Pakistani government said that 3 per cent of the people killed in...
Swedish and Israeli Companies Test New UAV Software
The Swedish software company Imint and the Israeli Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provider Elbit Systems have field-tested new first response software in live flights...
Israeli Company Helps East Asian Cops Look Through Walls
Camero, the developer of radar-based Through Wall systems - was selected to supply dozens of its Tactical Through Wall Imaging Systems to an East...
International Demand for Israeli-Developed UAS
Sky Sapience, an Israeli start-up company specializing in mobile, tethered hovering machines, is on its way to full scale serial production of the HoverMast-100....
New Video Imaging Technology Detects Threats Remotely
The possibilities of such a technology are mind-boggling. With further development, the new NIST imager could eventually be used for applications such as detecting...
U.S. Company to Assist Government with Cyber Security
Lockheed Martin has established a continuous diagnostics and mitigation laboratory where they will conduct workshops to help governments with cybersecurity. The laboratory in Gaithersburg,...
Security Leaders Survey: Many have Implemented Cloud Security Services
A new IBM study of security leaders reveals that they are increasingly being called upon to address board-level security concerns and as a result...
CAD: Non-Military Use of Less Expensive UAVs
The trend today, of technology immigration from the military world to the HLS and commercial field, is clear. After the C4I transformation, the current...
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A 25% Lighter Missile Launcher Could Change Infantry Mobility
Modern infantry units are carrying more equipment than ever before. Alongside weapons and ammunition, soldiers now operate radios, batteries, sensors, protective gear, and targeting...
