Innovative Developments in Nonlethal Systems
Rubber bullets and tear gas are not the only nonlethal weapons available in dispersing illegal demonstrations. The US Marines have been recently testing a...
New Tools to Alert on Active Shooter Attacks at Schools
First responders in the US have been coping with the growing challenges involved with school safety. Between 2010-2017 there were 52 active shooter attacks...
Aerial Refueling Drone Completes First Flight
First test flight to the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray refueling drone. The two-hour flight, remotely controlled by Boeing pilots, tested the basic flight functions...
Live Robotics Experiment in the Middle of New York City
Researchers from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) led experiments where a Soldier used a system using only...
Intriguing Collaboration in Public Safety
Facebook wants to improve its automatic image detection systems in order to be able to immediately remove violence contents and increase security. The social...
Making UAV Operations Safer
A new technology can improve the safety of UAV flights, especially those performing beyond line of sight (BLOS) flights. The new Automated Emergency Safe...
Missile Modified to Jam Electronics
An arms manufacturing company has been at work alongside the British Ministry of Defence developing and demonstrating an electronic warfare variant of the SPEAR...
Kamikaze Drones Join Turkish Fleet
Turkey is enhancing its unmanned aerial vehicle fleet with kamikaze drones. 30 upgraded KARGU (Autonomous Tactical Multi-Rotor Attack UAV) kamikaze drones will join the...
Counter-UAV Solution Will Protect Critical Installations
The United States Air Force has recently awarded a counter-UAV technology manufacturer a $1.5 million contract to deliver anti-UAV technology to keep soldiers, assets,...
Has Search Giant Achieved Quantum Supremacy?
Google, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, and other large tech companies and startups, have been working to build quantum computers, a new kind of computer based...
The Ministry of Defense is Calling for New Technologies
iHLS INNOFENSE - Innovation program for technological startups in the civilian and security sector, which will be operated by iHLS in collaboration with the...
The Future is Here and it’s Autonomous – Insights from AUS&R...
The bottom line of today's AUS&R Conference was, undoubtedly: The future is already here and it is autonomous. The intriguing conference, exhibition, and live...
New Smart City Solution
According to research, humans miss out on more than 90 percent of video activities after manual monitoring. A new solution is automating workflow and...
15.5 Million Records Breached – Disclosed After 5 Months
In April 2019, the PDF management service Lumin PDF suffered a data breach. The breach wasn't publicly disclosed until September when 15.5M records of...
Proven Tactical Vehicle Gets New Robotic Capabilities
The quality mobility platform for all-terrain uses has been recently equipped with outstanding robotic capabilities. Israel Aerospace industries (IAI) and DSRaider have been collaborating...
New Kind of ISR
Biometric data ― like fingerprints, voice recordings or even selfies ― could be the next frontier in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “The opportunity for...
Facial Recognition – Now the Futuristic Version
Facial recognition and other types of biometric tech have improved significantly in recent years, but even today’s most advanced systems become less reliable without...
Meet Alexa’s Military Version
Digital assistants have become ubiquitous in civilian life with homeowners using systems such as Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home to access information by “conversing”...
HAWK30 UAV Completes Successful Test Flight
The HAWK30 solar HAPS (High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite) unmanned aircraft successfully completed a first test flight at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. Flying...
Light Tactical Vehicle Demonstrating Improved Performance
A new version of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) was unveiled by Oshkosh Defense, a business unit of Oshkosh Corporation. “As the military...
Smart Campus Challenged by IoT Security
Devices connected to the internet of things (IoT), now becoming standard components in new buildings, can increase energy performance while reducing costs. But such...
Autonomous Flying Taxi Lifts Off With Human Passenger
A Chinese company has recently successfully demonstrated its autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) carrying a human passenger. The EHang 216, EHang’s passenger grade AAV, has...
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Autonomous Ground Vehicles Are Heading to the Front Lines
Keeping frontline units supplied has always been one of the most dangerous tasks in military operations. Vehicles carrying ammunition, equipment, and spare parts often...
