The American “Big Brother” is listening
Since the disclosure of National Security Agency surveillance documents by the British newspaper The Guardian began this month, President Obama, top intelligence officials and...
The Predator and the Heron go head to head
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is, once again, going head to head with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in the European market.
The American company announced that...
SOCOM Orders Falcon Wideband Tactical Radios for $36 Million
Harris Corporation has received $36 million in orders from U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to accelerate its deployment of an advanced wideband tactical communications...
A new advanced radar for security missions
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has proved the capabilities of its newly developed SPEXER 1000 security radar in a series of...
ICT Report on Cyber Terrorism – February 2013
This report covers two main subjets: cyber-terrorism (offensive, defensive, and the media, and the main topics of jihadist discourse); cyber-crime, whenever and wherever it...
A New Sensor Detects Home-Made Hydrogen Peroxide based Explosives
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: Scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories are working on explosive detection methods that would reliably detect homemade explosives, but will not be...
Training indoors to control crowds
Crowd control, a practical skill regularly taught to members of the military and police, is periodically brought to the forefront during clashes such as...
Germany wants to gather more personal data
According to Der Spiegel, Germany's intelligence agency has a 100-million-euro plan to expand Internet surveillance. Meanwhile, the interior minister wants travelers to fill out...
The Spider is on the market
The Spider unmanned air system (UAS) developed by Innocon in Israel is currently being offered for homeland security applications. The UAS will be displayed at...
Cyberespionage Operators Work In Groups, Process Enormous Data Workloads
In a study of the life cycle of cyberespionage attacks, a group of researchers at a Taiwanese security startup have found that the nation's...
Reducing false alarms in video sensors
MOBOTIX AG has begun equipping its video surveillance cameras with new motion-detection software that the company says can reduce false alarms by more than...
Looking for the one bit of data that will tell the...
The definitions may vary but they all say one thing - what is the trick of extracting useful, real time data from the super...
More Israeli made UAS to Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan wants more Israeli made unmanned air systems. An Israeli source confirmed that talks have resumed during the Paris air show.
The source also said...
Paris Airshow Review – Photo & Video Report
All photos: Noam Eshel, defense-Update
The Russian Su-35S, making its international debut here at the Paris Airshow, stole the show with breathtaking aerobatic performance that...
The Rafael Protector will work with UAS
The Rafael "Protector" unmanned patrol boat will be fitted to work with unmanned air systems (UAS), according to sources in the Paris Air Show.
The...
Watchkeeper to France?
Is the Watchkeeper unmanned air system (UAS) on its way to France? This system is based on the Hermes-450 made by Elbit Systems.
Sources at...
Panther on Israeli navy’s ships?
The Israeli navy will evaluate the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Panther tilt rotor unmanned air system (UAS) for operation on board some of its...
Elbit may benefit from Boeing-Embraer KC-390 Cooperation
The growing cooperation between Boeing and Embraer on the Brazilian KC-390 programme may bring big contracts to Elbit systems. This, according to sources in...
France, UK Exploring Collaborative UCAS Venture
Dassault Aviation and BAE Systems are working on a collaborative study of a future Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) project, to agree on...
New pilot helmet for Israeli Atalef helicopters
A new pilot helmet mounted systems (HMS) will be installed in the Israeli airforce (IAF) Eurocopter AS 565 SA (Atalef) operated on navy missile...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
