Extraordinary Growth in Israel’s Defense Export
Israel's defense export in 2017 reached $9.2 billion, according to figures published by SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Directorate of the Israel Ministry of...
Quantum Tech Advances Military Space Sensors
The US Air Force has been running a program named FORTRESS, Focused Opportunity Reaching Toward Reliable Electro-Optic Strategic Sensors, designed for developing, growing and...
Calling 911 from Middle of Desert May be Possible
Mobile phones often have no service because they are outside the range of a cell tower. People in remote areas without cellular networks don’t...
Satellite-Based UAVs Have Many Benefits
Satellite-based unmanned aerial vehicles can serve for various missions. The satellite and communications giant Inmarasat has been exploring the value of satellite-enabled unmanned aerial...
Ground Troops to Receive Imagery Directly from Satellite
Satellite technology will offer increased situational awareness to US ground troops within the framework of a program that seeks the manufacture of small satellites...
Satellite-Based Solution for Emergency Communications Gains Momentum
When disaster strikes, cell phone networks often go down – whether because of the event or because of the sheer volume of traffic, new...
AI to Help Analyze Military Satellite Photographs
With the phasing out of the MiG-25 high altitude tri-sonic reconnaissance aircraft that could overfly enemy territory, India now relies heavily on its own...
New Approach on Military Satellites
U.S. military researchers are looking to develop a constellation of small, secure, and affordable military satellites that not only are able to operate in...
Russia Developing New Multi-Use VTOL Rocket
Russia is now designing a new multi-use VTOL rocket that will also be environmentally friendly.
According to designers, unlike Elon Musk’s Space X Falcon 9,...
Unknown Threat Posed by Satellite Systems
The satellite communications that ships, planes and the military use to connect to the internet are vulnerable to hackers that, in the worst-case scenario,...
Indian Army Invests in Robotics and AI
The Indian Army plans to invest in its warfare fleet by introducing integrated battle groups (IBGs), energy weapons, artificial intelligence, robotics and micro-satellite technologies...
China Advances its Own GPS Technology
GPS, run by the U.S. government, had a nearly $56 billion economy in 2015. The GPS is currently used in nearly every major positioning...
New Anti Satellites Weapons Operational In 2020
The Pentagon has fretted that China and Russia are developing anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles that could shoot US low Earth orbit (LEO) objects out within...
SATCOM Services Are Unsecured
US adversaries are more and more capable of penetrating US unclassified or barely protected systems. The bulk of military satellite communication services are provided...
AI-Based Drone Vs. Human Pilot
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California put their work to the test recently. Timing laps through a twisting obstacle course, they...
Rolls Royce’s Next Step – Autonomous Ships
ESA (The European Space Agency) signed a Memorandum of Intent with Rolls-Royce to investigate how space technology can be used to develop autonomous and...
Russian Anti Satellite Laser Weapon Ready
Just like the Chinese, Russia has also been developing an anti satellite weapon to use in times of war.
Russian media recently published that a...
Missing Dimension of Battlefield Situational Awareness
Stemming from the idea that disruptive technologies will change the character of warfare, the multidomain battle concept recognizes that the way armies will fight...
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...
Russia Could Soon Shoot Down Satellites
Russia’s Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor was recently spotted with a new, large missile suspended underneath, which could be a Russian anti-satellite weapon.
The missile was...
First Israeli Unmanned Spacecraft to be Launched
Israel’s ground-breaking technologies in the unmanned systems field will accomplish a unique achievement in space this weekend. The first Israeli spacecraft to land on...
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...
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