US Government pledges nearly $4 billion to kickstart self-driving cars
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx revealed plans for a six month initiative to prepare for a world of autonomous vehicles, as well as...
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...
4 New Technologies For Your Personal Security
So far this year we’ve written about new and exciting ways you’ll be getting to work in the near future, but now we turn...
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...
Watch: This Solution Could Protect Planes Against Bombs
The recent downing of Russian Metrojet plane in Egypt has once again brought to the forelight a major issue facing modern airliners: planes are...
Technology Steps In to Aid Response In Active Shooter Scenarios
Active shooter scenarios require a swift and precise response from law enforcement and emergency services to minimise casualties and to save as many lives...
From the Ground to the Air – The Effort Continues
By ARIE EGOZI
Two unique Israeli active protection systems designed to defend tanks and APC's from rockets and shells, may be converted for use on...
Russia Tests New Chemical Reconnaissance Armoured Vehicle
The trials of the advanced Russian-made RKhM-5M chemical reconnaissance vehicle are in progress, Airborne Force spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Yevgeny Meshkov said on Friday, November 27,...
US Woefully Unprepared for Space Weather
The Carrington event was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm that hit the Earth 156 years ago. Unlike now, back then electricity did not rule...
Protecting Helicopters From “Simple” Weapons
By Arie Egozi
Many helicopters have been shot down in Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones using simple weapons like anti-tank rockets, which has accelerated...
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...
Not Only Students Are Smart: Remote Campus Lockdown
The shooting in Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. at the beginning of October ended with nine dead. Two more shootings about a week...
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...
MDA Concludes Two Weeks Of Saving Lives
During the past two weeks, which started with the murder of Eitam and Na’ama Henkin, Magen David Adom (MDA) forces all over the country...
New Technologies For Israel’s First Responders
Olga Grosman
In recent years, technology has been focusing on better equipping first responders in different conditions and scenarios.
A conference held on Thursday at the...
IMI Introduces Advanced Weapons for the Modern Combatant
IMI is displaying at the AUSA Annual Convention a range of combat systems addressing the requirements of modern land forces, including the US Army....
Rafael To Display Trophy Active Protection System On Oshkosh Defense M-ATV
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., developer and manufacturer of TROPHY APS, the world's only operational and combat-proven active protection system for armored vehicles, will...
New Light Weight Torso, Side Body Armor
BAE Systems has won a $45 million US army contract for the low-rate initial production of lightweight torso and side body armor.
The company's side...
A.I. Program To Assist Us In Making Decisions
A joint project between NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resulted in a smart program that will do just about anything...
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...
Unmanned Maritime System For Search and Rescue: As Soon As 2016
The name Icarus is the name of a character from the greek mythology. Icarus was a rash boy who didn’t heed his father’s warnings,...
Anthrax Vaccine To Be Developed In The U.S.
San Diego, California-based Pfenex Inc. announced it has signed a five year contract valued at up to $143.5 million with the Biomedical Advanced Research...
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Engineering Meets Neuroscience in the Fight Against Chronic Pain
The University of Oxford has begun research initiative designed to change how chronic pain is managed. The programme, funded by the Engineering and Physical...
