Safe / Smart City

A recent test-drive of an autonomous Taxi Drone in Dubai made aviation history, while also sending UAE confidence levels skyrocketing. The German-made autonomous vehicle...

As the threat of unauthorized and potentially hostile drones grows in urban airspaces, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is actively evaluating new counter-drone...

Stepping towards integrating robotics into law enforcement, Chinese authorities have begun testing an autonomous spherical robot, the RT-G, developed by the local robotics company...

India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has unveiled a new class of man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles (MP-AUVs), designed to make mine detection faster,...

Counter-Drone Context – A Quest for Continuity To help organizations cope with today’s imposing rogue drone threat across sensitive environments, sectors and use cases, D-Fend...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will generate up to $2 trillion in additional value in supply chain and manufacturing, McKinsey & Co. estimates. Homeland security is...

The interconnected smart devices, known as IoT (the Internet of Things), have been an effective tool for home consumers, businesses, and defense markets. However,...

The flagship program that launched the urban air mobility initiative at Airbus has come to a close. The Vahana unmanned air taxi concept that...

A conflict between the principles of civil rights and security requirements has been reflected by the attempt of  US defense authorities to install explosion...

The 2016 Olympics recently concluded were the most digitally connected Olympics ever. Numerous  of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies were applied during the games...

Due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the necessity to respond to changes in the logistics industry has become real and the...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is putting sensors in everything, and these sensors are getting better every year. They’re smaller, more efficient, get better...

There are around 200 million security cameras all around the world broadcasting pieces of information in any given moment. A young new startup was...

High-rise buildings require regular inspections. With accelerating digitization, the need for structural scans is growing while pilot availability is limited. A new drone charging...

Smart buildings can create a domino effect, leading to more opportunities for integrated advancements in the urban setting. Smart buildings have been utilizing the...

Israel’s National Drone Initiative has launched the fourth phase of its pilot program, which this time will include night operations as well as flights...

Automation in vehicles is set to improve people’s lives, by improving road capacity and simply freeing up time that would have been previously spent...

The 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, will help thirty-three cities in its first year. The challenge seeks to make...

Our lives are becoming increasingly reliant on unmanned tools and systems. Marine, air, and ground unmanned systems lead the military industry, and are catching...

Are you a disruptive startup in the security field? We at the iHLS Security Accelerator are looking for innovative ground-breaking technologies offering solutions for civilian...

Video analytics technologies fulfill a leading role in the smart city setting. They supply in-depth insights into daily traffic, function as surveillance solutions helping...

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the multiple challenges states and cities are currently facing. Technology has become more and more important in our daily...