Military Boost to Driverless Vehicles
Some 60 percent of US combat casualties were related to convoy resupply in 2013 alone, according to Pentagon figures. Autonomous vehicles to deliver supplies...
Satellite Communications Tested on Advanced UAV
The P.1HH HammerHead UAV has successfully accomplished its first flight test program, aimed at experimenting the satellite control of a MALE (Medium Altitude Long...
New Discovery to Revolutionize Electronics World
Researchers have discovered a new two-dimensional material, derived from the rare element tellurium, to make transistors that carry a current better throughout a computer...
Autonomous Technologies that Indicate Hostile Intent Required
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for new ways to use drones and sensors to analyze human behaviors that indicate...
Sensors for Public Safety in Mass Shooting Events
In mass shooting events, first responders often lose precious minutes trying to determine the location of the shooter. In the scramble to get out...
Tech Giant System Raises Concerns
Amazon has been urged to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police. The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are...
New Mobile Counter-UAV System
Measures to counter UAVs are getting mobile. They can be quickly deployed on a range of vehicles and are capable of detecting and defeating...
Observations from Space – Solution to Water Shortage?
NASA is using the next generation of satellites to monitor changes in the world’s water supplies. Scientists say the mission will provide critical data...
Robot Learned to Mimic Human’s Actions Thanks to Deep Learning
Researchers have created a deep-learning system that can teach a robot simply by observing a human's actions. Developed by Nvidia, the system is designed...
Meet Unique Emergency Drone for Arctic Conditions
Commercial shipping, tourism and cruise ship traffic to the Norwegian northern archipelago of Svalbard and the surrounding marine areas have all grown dramatically in...
UAVs to Replace Coast Guard in its Missions
The US Coast Guard is checking the possibility of carrying out many of its missions through the use of short-range UAVs, with the aim...
Revolution in Suspect Vehicle Detection
Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are a specialized camera often mounted on police cars that can scan at speeds of up to 60 plates...
Preparing to Space Battle Management Challenge
Today, space is more congested and contested than ever before, and threats against U.S. capabilities grow every day. Space Situational Awareness (SSA) has long...
Communication Giant Launches Advanced Command Center
Today's increasingly complex public safety situations call for new approaches that are built on integration and automation and are constantly evolving. A new platform...
Underwater Mines Detection Becomes Easier Task
The KATFISH-M, a ruggedized version of KATFISH Towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar Platform for real-time, detection and classification against underwater mine threats, has successfully completed...
New General Atomics UAV Starts Demonstration Flights
The first demonstration of a long-endurance RPA was carried out by a private company in Japan. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) started the...
Military Medicine Adapts to Future Battlefield
The demands of future battlefields will force the military medical community to prepare for operational environments that are vastly different. Enemy air superiority may...
New Camera Promises More Police Transparency
A new addition to an officer's gun will enable policemen to have more transparency with the public. Including their body cameras, police officers’ guns now...
New Anti Drone Tech to Secure Aviation
Airports worldwide have been facing a growing security challenge posed by drones. Drones approaching critical parts of an airport operation (such as the final...
Will New Police Technology Challenge Citizens Rights?
As body cameras get cheaper and the market gets more competitive, the largest supplier of law enforcement body cameras in the U.S., Axon, is...
New Naval Sensor Can Track Supersonic Missiles
A new naval sensor designed to track advanced weapons including supersonic missiles has entered the production process. The Sea Fire digital radar, manufactured by...
Unexpected Tech will Help See Through Walls
Researchers from Graz University of Technology in Austria want to change the way we interface with drones, using augmented reality to turn them from...
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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials
Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...
