The Israeli edge in combat proven combined systems
When the international military market gets more complicated the Israeli defense industries have to use everything they have to successfully compete
Combined capabilities make it...
C-Dome Creates Interest In Foreign Navies
A number of foreign navies show interest in the Rafael C-Dome system - a naval derivative of the company's Iron Dome.
Rafael is already negotiating...
Israeli counter terror expertise to Kenya
Ten Israeli security firms have offered to provide security consultancy, intelligence and counter-terrorism expertise to Kenyan government and private security following a series of...
New Radars To Bolster Malaysian Coastal Security
Malaysia announced a new contract with Airbus Defence & Space on 17 December 2015 for five Spexer 2000 Coastal radars, for an unspecified price....
The Israeli UAV industry – The Super Heron HF
The First article in the series on the Israeli UAV Industry.
By ARIE EGOZI
At the beginning of 2014 IAI has unveiled its new Super Heron UAS...
Watch Out F-35, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
The famous ‘stealth’ features of the new Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter aircraft, making it, allegedly, invisible to radar might seem ineffective due to new...
Watch Barak-8’s Successful Interception
A successful interception test of the Barak-8 system was conducted from an Israel Navy corvette, in continuation of the test held in late 2014,...
Sweep: A $250 LIDAR With 40m Range
If you’re building a drone or robot you’re gonna need it to know where it’s at and where it’s going. For that, you’ll need...
3D Real-Time Laser Technology Now in Israel
Velodyne has developed and produced a High Definition Lidar (HDL) sensor designed to satisfy the demands for autonomous vehicle navigation, stationary and mobile surveying,...
Electronic Attack to Counter Drones
A new scalable counter-unmanned air vehicle (C-UAV) system has been unveiled by Finmeccanica’s systems and sensors house Selex ES at DSEI 2015.
Known as Falcon...
Airbus To Release Anti-UAV System
Many defence experts are worried about the increasing prevalence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and their potential to be used for spying or terrorist...
Nanoradar system for UAVs collision avoidance set for 2016
Incidents of collision between drones and planes continue to trouble pilots as well as development companies who work tirelessly to find the most efficient...
New advanced radars
IAI unveiled a unique and highly advanced family of modular Ultrahigh Frequency (UHF) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radars.
The new ULTRA family of AESA...
The U.S. army orders more counter fire radars
Lockheed Martin will supply 19 additional AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar systems to the Army under a contract valued at $206 million.
The 19 Q-53 radars are...
CUAS Capabilities For Saab’s Giraffe Radar
Saab has demonstrated ‘Enhanced Low, Slow and Small’ (ELSS) function for its Giraffe AMB radar to counter-Unmanned Air Systems (UAS).
This allows the Giraffe AMB...
New System for Detecting Stealth Aircraft Tested
China has tested quantum radar that will be able to detect stealth aircraft and other objects within the range of 100 km.
The radar uses...
Intercepting mortar shells – maybe operational in 5 years’ time
Don't hold your breath just yet. In the best case scenario, even had unlimited resources be allocated to this end, an effective system for...
PASSIVE SENSORS SEAL BORDERS BETTER
Passive detection systems are being used along borders where there is a danger of low flying threats. Most of these passive radar systems are...
Elbit Systems of Australia Wins Contract to Supply Thermal Weapon Sights
Elbit Systems announced today that its Australian subsidiary, Elbit Systems of Australia (ELSA), was awarded a contract in an amount of approximately US$30 million...
Targeting pods – a must on combat aircraft
The Israeli air force was one of the first to use targeting pods. First these were the ones that were supplied with the American...
26 Year Old Hacker Is Bringing Self-Driving Cars To The Masses
You may not know who George Hotz (aka geohot) is, but many have enjoyed the fruits of his labours. In fact, he is something...
New VTOL UAV to the Polish Navy
Negotiations are under way concerning the potential procurement of tactical VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) UAV systems, according to an announcement by the Polish...
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Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
