China Targets American and Israeli UAVs
Despite all the publicity that American UAVs receive, the major exporter of UAVs has been Israel. Between 2002 and 2012, Israel exported $4.7 billion...
Wireless communications at 100Gb/s currently in development by DARPA
Wireless data communications experts at Applied Communication Sciences in Basking Ridge, N.J., are developing a military wireless data link able to transmit data at 100...
Mobile Emergency Phone Service provided by Helikite Balloon
Mobile telephone communication has changed the world in the last three decades. It has allowed developing world countries to establish telecommunications networks at a...
12 Systems to Showcase Advanced Robotic Technologies at AUS&R 2013 Live...
AUS&R 2013 sets the stage for the leading International Event of Unmanned Systems Technology originating in Israel. The highlight of AUS&R will be the largest...
Helping The U.S. Navy Launch a New Era In Unmanned Aviation
On July 10th, as part of its Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program, the U.S. Navy completed the first landing of an unmanned...
Cyber war has arrived in New Zealand
The New Zealand Defense Force wants to spend $469 million creating itself a new cyber army. The kiwis have cut back on their defense force dramatically...
“Suicide” drones for the US Army
Are tube-fired “suicide” drones the new pocket artillery that will give dismounted troops a smaller footprint and a longer reach? Developers of lethal miniature...
Spy agencies ban Lenovo PCs on security concerns
Computers manufactured by the world’s biggest personal computer maker, Lenovo, have been banned from the “secret” and ‘‘top secret” networks of the intelligence and...
Cyber-weapons: legal and strategic aspects
The protection of national strategic assets (which nowadays can be compromised by a cyber-attack almost instantly) is, and must always be, the priority ,whether...
Moscow Subway To Use Devices To Read Data On Phones
The head of police for Moscow's subway system has said that stations will soon be equipped with devices that can read the data on...
Improving the Army’s Gray Eagle (MQ-1C)
An enhanced version of the MQ-1C version of General Atomics' Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) took to the air July 26, 2013 at the company’s...
Brazil’s homeland security market is on the rise
On July 10, in Brasilia, during an official hearing hosted by the Foreign Relations and Defense committees of the Brazilian Congress, several Brazilian Ministries...
INSS Global Cyber Review – August 2013
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U.S: Cooperation with India on cyber security issues
The United States started to build a strong partnership with India on cyber security issues....
Cellular SIM cards are vulnerable
Subscriber Identity Module cards, also known as SIM cards, the basic tools used to identify mobile subscribers, are increasingly turning into our most personal...
Israeli gun permits made difficult to attain
In the U.S., in spite of all the deadly and daily incidents, a person can buy a weapon like a sandwich, in Israel, while...
The “Supermarket” of Cyber Security defense tools
The US Department of Homeland Security has been tasked with setting up a centralized shopping hub where all U.S. federal, state and local agencies...
Only two out of five organizations use efficient cyber protection technologies
According to a survey carried out by Kaspersky Labs and B2B international, 82% of organizations defend against malicious code, and 80% use anti-spam technologies....
India: Notification of National Cyber Security Policy – 2013
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Electronics and Information Technology
New Delhi, July 2nd 2013
Vision
To build a secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens,...
Defense technology helps to predict killer storms
When the TV weatherman predicts sunshine and it rains, people get wet. When meteorologists are wrong about a hurricane, people can die. While forecasters...
Solar powered UAS
During a keynote at the small unmanned systems business expo in San Francisco, CA., Alta Devices’ CEO, Christopher Norris, explained that small unmanned air systems...
UAS AeroVironment’s Puma AE Certified for Commercial Operations in the Arctic
This 'Restricted category' certification marks the first time the FAA has approved a hand-launched unmanned aircraft system for commercial missions.
The U.S. federal Aviation Authority...
Commercial unmanned air system (UAS) to be operational soon
Insitu is planning to launch the first U.S. commercial unmanned aircraft system operation following receipt of FAA type certification for its ScanEagle UAS on...
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Anthropic’s New AI Models Hit an Unexpected Roadblock
As artificial intelligence systems become more capable, governments are increasingly viewing them through the lens of national security rather than purely commercial technology. The...
