Turkey Ramps Up Armed Drone Development
The Turkish military is accelerating its drone development programme in response to increased incidence of ISIS mortar attacks across the border. Dozens of Turkish...
Towards Flights Renewal – More Security is Needed
As the incident at Gatwick Airport in December 2018 and other airports demonstrate, the capability to locate both the drone and its controller would...
Active Protection Systems to be Integrated onto Combat Vehicles
The US Army is expected to make key decisions regarding the integration of Active Protection Systems (APS) onto a variety of combat vehicles next...
Telecommunications Giant Faces Huge Data Breach, Resets Millions of Passcodes
The telecommunications company AT&T reported last week that a dataset found on the dark web contains information like the Social Security numbers of about...
Tiny Metalens Cameras Revolutionize Small Technologies with AI Power
Deep learning techniques are advancing the image quality of metalens in a method that leverages AI to upscale images, making metalens cameras useful for...
Fiber Optic Cables Can be Used for New Purpose
Under the sea, there are no early-warning seismic detection stations. Fiber-optic cables that constitute a global undersea telecommunications network could one day help in...
13-Hour Endurance Drone Brings AI-Powered Precision to Complex Environments
AeroVironment (AV), a Virginia-based tech company, has introduced its next-generation JUMP 20-X vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The drone, announced...
EU to Vote on AI Regulation Laws
AI and AI-based tools are here, they are everywhere, and they are here to stay. There have been many calls for some regulation on...
UAS with High Resolution Cameras to Iraq
Iraq is to acquire the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a USD8.3 million deal announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Insitu...
Illegal Arms Smuggling Case Reveals North Korea’s Use of U.S. Supply...
A Chinese national living unlawfully in the United States has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in smuggling U.S.-origin firearms,...
New Operational System to Secure US Air Force Base
A new system will help the U.S. Air Force secure operations at Tyndall AF Base in Florida.
Various features of the Installation Resilience Operations Center...
Iran Doubles Down on Internet Outage by Outlawing Starlink Satellite Service
Iran has taken a step in its efforts to restrict access to uncensored information by officially banning Starlink, the satellite internet service provided by...
Satellite-on-the-Move Systems for Use by the Canadian Armed Forces
ELBIT is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
The ELSAT 2100 SOTM system allows high...
This Massive New Warship Is Built to Evolve Over Time
Modern navies face a growing mismatch between aging capital ships and the demands of future air warfare. Aircraft carriers must now support heavier aircraft,...
Folding Technology in Drones?
Researchers at the University of Zurich and EPFL (a scientific research institute in Lausanne) have recently announced the creation of a robot that has...
Sweep: A $250 LIDAR With 40m Range
If you’re building a drone or robot you’re gonna need it to know where it’s at and where it’s going. For that, you’ll need...
China is Developing Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
China has made another step in the direction of developing hypersonic flight technology. Beijing is building a hypersonic wind tunnel to test hypersonic aircraft...
Lack Of Nuclear Power Plant Security Measures Pose Risks
A study of the information security measures at civilian nuclear energy facilities around the world found a wide range of problems at many facilities...
AI Applications – Focus of Large Maritime Exercise
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has enabled the latest artificial intelligence (AI) to be brought into the command spaces on a...
3D-Printed Titanium From Scrap Takes to the Skies
Aerospace manufacturers rely heavily on titanium for critical components, thanks to its strength-to-weight ratio and resistance to corrosion. However, aerospace-grade titanium is expensive, energy-intensive...
2013: Global Success for Elbit UAV’s
2013 was an especially successful year for Elbit Systems’ unmanned aircraft systems operations, where the Hermes family, particularly the most advanced of the UAV...
VR Gaming Systems Are Not Safe From These Cyber Threats
Voice command features on virtual reality headsets could lead to major privacy leakages, known as “eavesdropping attacks.” Built-in motion sensors within common VR headsets...
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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,...
