Yet Another Airport Security Failure in the U.S
In yet another demonstration of the weakness of US airport security, a man nearly managed to board a flight with a stolen boarding pass....
iHLS TV – Nuclear Turkey, Apache simulator hacked, drone strikes in...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (21 October 2014):
German intelligence: Turkey is working on its own nuclear program
Gamers hacked US Army Apache simulator
US...
Report: the US is the major market for Video Analytics, ISR,...
By the end of 2014, the North America & Latin America markets for Object Recognition, Video Analytics, Intelligent Video Surveillance & ISR products and...
California governor vetoes drone surveillance bill
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill requiring law enforcement officials to secure warrants from a judge prior to using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
Innovative Tech Being Tested at Leading Stadiums
A new solution in the concealed weapons detection for public venues will be tested in a convention center in Toronto, Canada. The system uses...
Game-Changing Tech – Panoramic Thermal Imaging
Sometimes there is a need to cover a wide horizontal field of view in the imaging. The commercial solutions for providing broad panoramic thermal...
Big Data in the Service of Special Operations
The screening process for the US Air Force’s elite Special Warfare troops is highly selective, and the training course candidates face a gantlet of...
Artificial Intelligence is Taking Surveillance Technologies to Next Level
New deep learning techniques have enabled us to analyze video footage more quickly and cheaply than ever before, and a larger number of companies...
EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTION CALIBRATION
The explosive detectors of all types deployed in airports and other sensitive locations need calibration in order to stay effective.
We usually look at technology...
Sharm el-Sheikh Airport Security Lax, Or Simply Ignored?
On Oct. 31, Metrojet Flight 9268 catastrophically broke apart over the Sinai Peninsula after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh about 20 minutes earlier and...
ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY – ENABLES AIR CARGO SCANNING
Image identification technology developed by HTS in Israel may solve the problem of scanning air cargo before it is loaded to the plane. Air...
Robot mannequin technology to test army suits against chemical warfare
A robot mannequin with the power to walk, march and mimic the movements of a soldier has been unveiled by the British Ministry of...
In-Body Soft Robots Revolutionize Robotic Medicine
Researchers from the University of North Carolina used artificial muscles and electronic skins to create advanced soft robots that are incredibly effective and safe...
Westerners that join ISIS – a big terror threat
Of the 10,000 foreign fighters who have already joined militant groups in Syria and Iraq, 3,000 hold European or other Western passports, making it...
Airports to Test Facial Recognition Software
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has made plans to launch a facial recognition software pilot at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas....
Even Cellular providers spy on their clients
Who should individuals be more concerned about – intelligence and espionage agencies or their own local cellular companies?
In an expose on Verizon (NYSE: VZ),...
North American Perimeter Security Market Growing rapidly
The North America perimeter security market is expected to grow from $4.26 billion in 2014 to $5.17 billion in 2019 at CAGR of 3.9%...
Dedicated Payloads and surveillance means – part 1
ELBIT and CONTROP are among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
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Apply Now! Security and HLS Startup Competition
We are delighted to invite ground-breaking startups developing disruptive solutions in the security, defense and HLS fields to take part in the prestigious iHLS...
New Technology to Detect Radiation in Millions of Containers
Detecting small amounts of dangerous nuclear material in one container out of millions is a challenge to security professionals worldwide, as solutions are needed...
New Drone Detection System for Urban Environments
In recent years, Singapore has been showing a deep interest in the drone business, and more specifically drone detection. The country has acquired an...
Airport Security’s Greatest Nightmare: Chemical Terror Attacks
The greatest nightmare imaginable to airport security personnel: It's Christmas Eve. Plenty of passengers. Thousands of people crowd the L.A. Airport. An elegantly dressed...
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A New Flight Simulation System Models the Chaos of Wildfires
Training helicopter pilots for wildfire missions is particularly difficult because the environment itself is constantly changing. Smoke, shifting winds, rising heat, and the interaction...
