NSA’s ‘MonsterMind’ could automate cyber war
The National Security Agency is developing a cybersecurity machine that could detect and automatically counter attacks against U.S. computers by blocking access to American networks, according...
Yemen gets Scan Eagle UAS
Yemen has become the latest export customer for American Scan Eagle UAVs. Yemen has ordered a dozen of these aircraft, along with a launcher,...
Unique command and control system for Homeland Security applications
Integrating Big Data coming in from a flurry of visual or textual intelligence resources is a highly complex and multifaceted task given the highly...
Intruder Recognition System – Security Robot’s Added Value
A new generation of security robots will be showcased at the ISC West Conference in Las Vegas. MP Robotics Systems Corp., a manufacturer of...
Generating Targets for the Air Force – The Complicated Task
By Arie Egozi
Many aerial platforms with very sharp-eyed sensors look at the war zone continuously. These platforms, a few hundred or thousand meters above...
Washington is promoting a big UAS deal with India
An agreement or announcement to this effect is likely when U.S. President Barack Obama visits India as the chief guest for the Republic Day...
New “Make in Saudi Arabia” Initiative?
Saudi Arabia plans to produce 16000 items for its armed forces locally by 2020. Is Saudi Arabia also following the Indian model of locally...
Airports Coping With Laptop Ban
Manufacturers of airport security equipment may have a solution for travelers who fear they will have to give up laptops and tablet computers on...
Creative Anti-Chemical Weapon in Development
The Syrian civil war has brought chemical weapons back to the center stage in terms of international arsenals and defense methods. The U.S. military...
Next-Level Safe City or Privacy Violation?
Body cameras have their advantages in the safe city setting, but their contribution to security sometimes raises privacy dilemmas. Jersey City police are giving...
New UAS Unveiled by Giant Defense Industry
A new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been unveiled by Lockheed Martin. The OUTRIDER is a lightweight, canister launched UAS designed in partnership...
Hybrid Military Technology
An interesting cooperation between American corporations and the best minds of the American Academia was recently published. The cooperation is meant to be the...
India’s Elections – Good News for Israeli Industry
The victory of India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata in the general elections may start a new era for Israeli defense and homeland security industries.
All the observers...
Cyber Security Support Reaches Distant Vessels
Cyberattacks are prevalent also at sea, and are one of the most serious and emerging threats facing the US Navy. For this reason, Naval...
Robots Walking Among Us
A study by engineers at Oregon State University suggests that they have achieved the most realistic robotic implementation of human walking dynamics that has...
US Air Force Contract Raises Questions And Protests
Northrop Grumman has won the contract to build the US Air Force’s next-generation Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Air...
DARPA-Based Initiative to Bridge Language Gap on Emergency
Most of the languages in the world are “low-resource” languages for which there are a dearth of human translators and no automated translation capability....
A Drone By Firefighters For Firefighters
NMOTION UAS, a Kansas, US based company is aiming to make firefighter’s jobs much safer by bringing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology into the...
Cyber tools = weapons
Six cybertools have been designated as weapons by the U.S. Air Force, allowing the programs to better compete for increasingly scarce Pentagon funding, an...
US Navy’s Railgun Could Find Home On Stealth Warship
The US Navy’s experimental railgun - an electromagnetic projectile launcher - has been grabbing headlines and making waves ever since it was revealed that...
Israel, US, UK Increase Cyber Cooperation
Israel’s Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence agreed to increase cyber-defence cooperation between the two countries, according to Army Technology. Representatives...
The Hydro Camel Unmanned Submarine
Today, there are many remotely operated submarines that handle important tasks, such as checking underwater pipelines, mapping underwater minefields, searching for locations to place...
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Guess Which $61 Billion Defense-Tech Giant Wants to Set Up Shop...
As defense technology becomes increasingly software-driven, military organizations are looking beyond traditional defense contractors and toward companies specializing in autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, sensors,...
