Sensors

An extremely compact high-power Synios IRED for automotive applications is now offered by Osram Opto Semiconductors. The new infrared LED reduces the size of...

The fast growing use of medium-altitude UAS has created competition to sell the radars they carry. Meanwhile, demand is increasing for a fuller range...

A new naval missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system, Pantsir-ME, was presented recently by the Russian corporate Rostec’s subsidiary, Tula KBP. The system provides...

Swarm tactics are the latest trend when you’re talking about autonomous cooperation systems. MARSS has introduced a new version of its NiDAR command and...

Two hours ago the AUS&R convention, hosted by iHLS has begun. The annual convention, the fourth and biggest of it’s kind, will focus on...

A fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) consisting of aerial drones and miniature aerostats were used to provide live situational awareness at a joint...

Interview with Brig. Gen. (Res.) Arie Fishbein, on perimeter security and video analytics. The interview is in Hebrew, with English subtitles.

From rifles that can track targets to providing battlefield monitoring via augmented reality, the UK military is seriously engaging wearable technology to help improve...

New analysis indicates that the military radar systems market is set to be worth $8.57bn in 2013. According to ASDreports the military radar systems  is...

As we’ve written here before, future wars could well be fought in space. The US Air Force is now looking for ways to protect...

  The Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate is again turning to its fast-track acquisition authority for ideas about how to identify sensors...

For unmanned aircraft systems to safely fly in increasingly crowded airspace, they must be able to accurately detect and avoid obstacles like trees, power...

In a multibillion-dollar deal, Turkey agreed to buy a Chinese-made long-range air- and missile-defense system — a move that could prevent the system from...

A special CCTV camera might know what you are doing, thanks to a monitoring system that can detect aggressive behavior. According to New Scientist, Kintense,...

Leading experts from Israel and the world in the field of perimeter & offshore security are participating in the conference taking place today today...

Securing remote and isolated infrastructure such as pipelines is challenging. Threats vary from illegal trespassing, vandalism, copper theft to sabotage. Security systems need to...

The Optical Society (OPA) reports that scientists from The Langevin Institute, Paris, France, have constructed a new fingerprint imaging system that peers inside the...

A new version of an integrated command suite was released recently, enabling the organization and collapsing of previously disparate data and systems from different...

The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its  functions have expanded to traffic control and...

Advanced marine electronics systems will be supplied to the US Coast Guard for enhancing situational awareness and navigation capabilities. FLIR Systems has been awarded...

As homes and businesses become smarter, so should the intelligence of their security. Concerns have been recently raised about conventional wireless products being susceptible...

A group of MIT engineers has converted ordinary spinach plants into biological bomb detectors. The team, led by Michael Strano, implanted customised carbon nanotubes into...