Canadian police use UAV to find family lost in forest
Earlier this year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nova Scotia unveiled a new fleet of vision-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for purposes that include...
General Dynamics Integrates APS on Stryker/LAV III
General Dynamics Land Systems has recently concluded a successful Critical Design Review of its APS project. Defense-Update Reports.
The company said the design is leading...
BCP&IT Conference: The New Crisis Management C4I Array Revealed
The Crisis management computing array, an emergency management facility, is one of Israel's largest building and C4I projects. The project took several years to...
iHLS TV Weekly Edition – AUS&R 2014
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (25 November 2014):
The AUS&R 2014 Conference and Exhibition will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, November 26, under any...
First responders’ technology prize to be awarded by DHS
U.S DHS launches $25K prize for innovative ways to track first responders indoors during incidents.
The Homeland Security Department's research and development arm announced it...
Turkey To Fly aerostats along Syrian Border To Counter IS Threat
Turkey plans to beef up border security by flying aerostats and building two-fence border system as part of an ‘integrated system’ plan to secure...
Pentagon, White House Outline Policies, Rules of Engagement for Cyber Ops
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy Eric Rosenbach cited Defense Department progress in creating a concept for operating in the newest warfare...
Next-Gen 911: Two States, Two Approaches to Implementation
Connecticut and Kansas are working to install next-generation 911 systems, which some say are a necessity in an ever-burgeoning wireless mobile society.
A citizen at...
New mobile passport control app available
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the launch of the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the U.S.
Mobile...
Watch The Robot That Keeps Us Safe In Action
Robotic cops have been mainstay of popular consciousness for decades now, at least since the 1987 release of RoboCop. And while the robotic revolution...
Polish army is looking for a Portable Bomb Disposal
The Armament Inspectorate started a procedure, the aim of which is to acquire bomb disposal robots. The procurement is going to be realized between...
Technology Could Help Clear Mines Faster
One of the many unfortunate consequences of traditional armed warfare is that once the war is over, many dangers remain. Mines and unexploded ordnance...
Smart Watch to Record Injured Soldiers Condition in Battle
A new smart watch will be worn by injured soldiers during battle and will allow the IDF to monitor the soldiers' vital signs and...
The App For Your Personal Safety
You are walking home after a night out on a dark autumn evening. Suddenly, you get the feeling that someone is following you. You...
WATCH: Underwater Robot That Will Clean Fukushima
After an earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated Japan’s coastal areas and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, plans were...
Legislature mulls curbs on use of aerial drones by paparazzi
When singer Miley Cyrus recently spotted a mysterious drone hovering over her Los Angeles home, she posted video of the aerial intruder on Instagram,...
Pentagon integrates technology with wearable equipment
The Pentagon has invested millions of dollars to make the size, weight and power of wearable technology and equipment smaller and easier for troops...
Homeland Security In A Wave of Terror
Arik Davidi
We are currently facing a terror attack that could be referred to as a wave of terror, lone-wolf terror, unorganized terror, terror without...
Light and Affordable Technologies Sought for Special Operations
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) science and technology is looking for equipment that weighs less, is more flexible and comes at an affordable price....
DARPA Wants Smarter, Faster, Safer Armoured Vehicles
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is embarking on a project to make military ground vehicles safer, faster, and smarter. The Ground...
4 More Gadgets To Keep You Safe
Sadly, despite our best efforts, the world is getting more dangerous with every passing day, and Israel doubly so. Acts of terror are a...
The 3rd UAS and robotics conference is gaining wide global interest
About a month before the date of the 2015 AUS&R conference, it is already gaining wide interest in security industries in Israel and abroad,...
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The growing use of drones on the battlefield is creating a new challenge for air defense systems. Small, low-cost drones can operate individually or...
