This Backpack Laser Could Change How Troops Fight Drones

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The rapid spread of small drones has created a new challenge for military forces. Quadcopters and other lightweight unmanned aircraft can conduct reconnaissance, direct...
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A New Robot That is Small Enough to Carry, Smart Enough...

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Explosive ordnance disposal teams, special operations units, and emergency responders often face a difficult dilemma: gaining information about a potentially dangerous area without exposing...

Forget Drones—These Robot Snakes Inspect Power Lines From the Inside Track

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Maintaining large electrical grids is a difficult and often dangerous task. Power lines stretch across vast distances, pass through hard-to-reach terrain, and require regular...

This Smartphone Tech Can Detect Objects Outside Your Line of Sight

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Smartphone LiDAR sensors have become common in high-end devices, mainly supporting augmented reality features and depth sensing for photography. But despite their growing capabilities,...

Fall Overboard? This Autonomous Drone Could Reach You Before the Rescue...

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When someone falls overboard, time becomes the most critical factor in survival. Ships traveling at speed require time to stop, launch rescue craft, and...

This AI-Powered Shield Is Built for the Age of FPV Drones...

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The growing variety of drone threats is creating a new challenge for air-defense operators. Modern battlefields can include everything from commercial quadcopters and first-person-view...
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This Helmet Doesn’t Just Protect Soldiers — It Connects Them

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Modern soldiers increasingly operate with multiple connected devices at once, such as radios, sensors, cameras, navigation systems, hearing protection, and digital battlefield applications. While...
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A New Anti-Drone Turret Fires in Every Direction at Once

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Small drone swarms are becoming increasingly difficult to stop using traditional air-defense systems. Conventional remotely operated gun turrets usually rely on mechanically rotating toward...
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INNOFENSE Innovation Center by iHLS – Startups Gathered for Another Insightful...

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Last week in Tel Aviv, a workshop was held as part of the INNOFENSE program, the innovation center operated by iHLS in collaboration with...

Instead of Shooting Drones Down, This Laser Blinds Them

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Small unmanned aerial systems have become an increasingly common challenge for naval forces. Surveillance drones can track ship movements, collect targeting information, and operate...

A Visual Intelligence Startup Raised $60 Million

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Modern intelligence systems are facing a growing problem: an overwhelming flood of visual information from countless sources, such as security cameras, drones, bodycams, social...

A Smarter Camera That Tracks Movement, Not Frames

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Modern sensing systems face a growing challenge: too much data. Traditional cameras capture and process full image frames continuously, even when little is changing...

$200 Million Bet on a New Battlefield Operating System

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The modern battlefield is becoming increasingly crowded and complex. Drones, sensors, cameras, radars, and weapons systems all operate simultaneously, generating enormous volumes of data....
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The Earbuds That Answer Questions About Your Surroundings

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Accessing visual information through AI typically requires smartphones, cameras, or wearable devices like smart glasses. However, these solutions often come with trade-offs: high power...

From Camera to Brain: Smarter Drone Vision Takes Flight

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As drones take on a larger role in intelligence and surveillance missions, the demand for faster and more autonomous data processing is growing. Traditional...
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Snap, Scan, Know: AI Identifies Military Gear in Seconds

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Identifying military equipment quickly and accurately remains a challenge, particularly in fast-moving operational or training environments. Analysts and personnel often rely on manual comparison,...

When Sensors Lie: How Heat Can Fool Autonomous Systems

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Thermal cameras are widely used in drones and autonomous vehicles to detect obstacles in low-visibility conditions such as darkness, smoke or fog. By sensing...

The Drone Revolution is Upon Us

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As drones move from niche tools to everyday infrastructure, a core challenge is becoming increasingly clear: current systems struggle to meet the endurance, autonomy,...

Repairable Infrared Optics Could Cut Costs for Security Systems

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Thermal imaging cameras are increasingly used in security, industrial inspection, automotive safety and emergency response. Yet one component has remained a persistent cost driver:...

Remote-Controlled From Afar: A New Era of Policing by Drone

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Policing vast rural territories presents a persistent challenge. In regional areas, specialist air support is often based hundreds of miles away, limiting rapid aerial...
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A New Kind of Drone Built for Waterborne Activities

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Filming on water has long posed a challenge for aerial cameras. Conventional drones struggle with spray, wind, and the simple problem of takeoff and...

Inspired by Flies, This Robot Eye Sees 180 Degrees

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Small drones and mobile robots increasingly operate in tight, cluttered environments where awareness must be both wide and fast. Conventional camera systems can capture...

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This Upgrade Could Eliminate One of Laser Weapons’ Biggest Weaknesses

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High-energy laser weapons are steadily moving from development programs into operational military service, but maintaining them in the field remains a significant challenge. One...