New communications technologies to assist first responders
Elbit Systems announced that it recently demonstrated innovative integrated technologies, to provide secure broadband services to be used by governmental, military and public safety...
Israeli Army Unit 8200 – The Best Tech School On Earth
If you want to make it as a tech entrepreneur, enlist in the Israeli Defense Force and aim for Unit 8200.
Unit 8200 runs Israel's...
U.S. power plants, utilities face growing cyber vulnerability
American power plants and utility companies face a growing cyber vulnerability. No U.S. power plant has so far suffered a significant cyberattack, but experts...
Sensors: more powerful than ever
Recently, a number of advances in sensor technology for battlefield/military have found their way into the news.
For example, the US Army Research Lab is...
Cyber and Unmanned Systems – untapped potential
People love using buzzwords, especially combining popular buzzwords from two different fields and disciplines. The connection of unmanned capabilities and Cyber sounds very sexy,...
Israeli companies to offer sense and avoid systems for UAS
The Navy has halted work on what seemed to have been the Pentagon’s most promising system to help drones sense and avoid other aircraft.
According...
Chinese Unmanned Helicopter lands in Washington DC
The Chinese company Ewatt Technology is introducing its new SVU-200 VTUAV to the AUVSI show in Washington. It is the first time the unmanned...
US Eyes UAVs for Boost-Phase Missile Targeting
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to continue testing the use of Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for ballistic missile target discrimination in the...
Stand off – Israel is watching Egypt from afar
In light of the recent developments in the Middle East Israel stepped up its intelligence-gathering efforts, mostly by electronic means, in order to detect...
The U.S. DHS evaluates new micro UAVs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon be taking new applications for its unmanned aircraft assessment program — a project that gives potential...
IBM Announces Intention to Acquire Trusteer
IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, said on Thursday it has agreed to buy Trusteer, an Israeli company that helps businesses fight computer...
UAS are ideal platforms for EW systems
Israeli companies are manufacturing EW systems fitted to be carried by unmanned air systems (UAS). These create great interest but their export is limited.
The...
Leaks foil N.S.A. Plan for Cyberdefense
The leaked information about the operations of the N.S.A. in the U.S. have foiled a huge Cyber defense plan.
Even while rapidly expanding its electronic...
New small UAVs offer autonomy and high endurance
Last year the French company Lehmann Aviation launched the LA100, a small and fully autonomous UAS designed to capture aerial images with a user-supplied...
UAV agricultural spinoffs
Advanced Defense Technologies announced that marketing plans are in progress to utilize drone and UAV technology for precision agriculture applications.
According to Market Wired...
DHS awards $6 billion cybersecurity contract
The Department of Homeland Security just awarded contracts to 17 vendors for tools and services to continuously monitor federal systems and networks for cyber...
US Navy Turns to UAS for Help with Radar and Communications
Scientists recently launched unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a research vessel in an experiment that could help boost the U.S Navy’s radar and communications...
Robots to assist fire fighters
First response Firefighting robot creates 3D images of burning buildings’ interiors for rescuers.
Researchers develop novel robotic scouts that assist firefighters in residential and commercial...
The UAS market is getting crowded
The Israeli UAS industry is facing fast growing competition.
A new unmanned air systems (UAS) developer and integrator is making its U.S. debut at the...
New Flying-Walking Robot Struts Its Stuff
The Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland has developed the DALER, short for Deployable Air Land Exploration...
Systems to Detect Concealed Bombs at a Distance
Millimeter wave stand-off detection systems are currently being developed under a contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, are being designed to detect...
Special Report: Solar Powered UAV To Soar for 14 Hours
Bye Aerospace Inc., a pioneer of solar-powered long endurance unmanned aerial systems introduced their first hybrid-UAV called 'Silent Sentinel' in 2009. To integrate the solar...
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This Laser-Powered Tech Could Help Build Smarter 6G Networks
Future wireless networks are expected to handle far more than faster internet speeds. Emerging 6G concepts aim to combine communications with sensing and AI-driven...
