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...
DHS Drone Crashed Over Pacific
A drone belonging to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has crashed off the coast of Southern California during a security mission, customs officials...
The Future of the IDF: Robot Soldiers and UAV Swarms
In 20 years the Israeli military will be completely different. Almost everything will change, including enlistment methods and general structure and especially the Air...
iHLS TV: Chemical Terror Attacks – A Security Nightmare
Interview with Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST 21, on the concept of "convenient security", security systems that don't interfere with daily life. The full interview...
France Deploys UAVs in Mali
France will deploy its first U.S-made unarmed surveillance drones to West Africa by the end of the year.
France's military intervention in Mali in January...
U.S. Army: Robot Soldiers to Replace Humans
The U.S. army is considering the feasibility of shrinking the size of the brigade combat team from about 4,000 soldiers to 3,000 over the...
The Future of UAVs: An Israeli Aircraft for the HLS Market
Israeli UAV manufacturer Innocon has unveiled a version of its Spider unmanned air system (UAS). Unmanned air systems are being used more and more...
Global Interest in Israeli Casualty Evacuation UAV
In recent months there's been a growing interest in the AirMule UAV developed by Israeli company Urban Aeronautics. The need for such a system...
Man vs. Machine: Border Patrol Robots Hunting Smugglers
Israel may look at some systems currently being used by the U.S. Border Patrol for fighting drug-smuggling tunnels.
The U.S. Border Patrol unveiled one of...
iHLS TV Weekly Report: Assassination in Gaza, Tech Breakthroughs
In today's report:
Interview with Michael Armon, CEO of UAS developer Innocon
Arie Egozi, iHLS Editor in Chief, on Israel's assassination attempt in Gaza earlier this...
UAV Probes Antarctic Ice
A group of researchers from the University of Kansas is testing a system they’ve devised that includes a 100-watt ice-penetrating radar carried aboard a...
Israeli High School Offers UAV Studies
The Ort IAI school offers special UAV studies for high school students, studies which have already attracted global attention.
Over the years the two traditional...
DARPA Robotics Challenge: How Robots Will Save Our Lives
Sixteen robots participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials last month performed such tasks as opening doors or climbing a ladder, all tasks aimed...
U.S. Army Develops Anti-UAV Weapons
As the military use of unmanned aircraft systems has increased dramatically, including by entities that may pose a threat to the United States, scientists...
U.S.: UAVs Assist Search and Rescue Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that MQ-1 Predator and Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper UAVs successfully supported local law enforcement officials in their efforts to find...
Aerial Photography Using UAVS: New Developments
SenseFly has unveiled its patent-pending technology for oblique images, that enables its fixed-wing mapping UAVs to take extraordinary images without the use of a...
Russian Regions to Operate Local Civilian UAVs
Every region within Russia will have its own UAV department to conduct rescue operations, the Emergency Situations Minister announced.
"Special branches that will be equipped...
iHLS TV Homeland Security Weekly Reports
iHLS is proud to launch its new TV channel.
In today's first show we highlight some of our main stories from recent days, with comments...
New Flying Car Transforms into Aircraft
Advanced Tactics, a small aerospace company, released details about its AT Transformer vehicle technology and announced that a full-scale technology demonstrator has completed its...
UAVs Aid U.S. Border Agencies
Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order...
New U.S. Navy Surveillance UAV
Northrop Grumman and the Navy say they’ve just completed the ninth flight trial of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an improvement upon its...
A World Breakthrough in UAV Propulsion
A cooperation between Israel and Singapore has resulted in a breakthrough in powering unmanned air systems. "This will change the world of UAVs and...
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Israeli Startup Raises $25 Million to Develop Underground Warfare Systems
Over the past several decades, nations and armed organizations have invested heavily in moving strategic assets underground. Combat tunnels, bunkers, ammunition depots, command centers,...
