Could Your Technology Have a Defense Application? INNOFENSE Opens Applications
INNOFENSE was created to identify promising technologies from the civilian market and help unlock their potential for defense applications. Following the progress achieved in...
This Drone Has One Job: Chase Down Other Drones
Drone-on-drone interception becomes considerably harder as the target gets faster. An interceptor not only has to locate and approach another aircraft but also calculate...
This Armored Vehicle Can Spot a Threat and Pass the Target...
Armored vehicles increasingly need to defend against threats coming from more than one direction. Crews may have to engage ground targets while simultaneously watching...
This Tank Tech Makes Solid Armor Look Almost Transparent
Armored vehicles protect their crews by separating them from the battlefield with thick layers of steel and composite armor. That protection creates an unavoidable...
New 3D Printing Tech Could Put Power Lines Inside Drone Structures
Every electrical system inside a drone needs power, and delivering it normally means running wires through wings, fuselage sections, and other structural components. Those...
A Tiny Robot With Springy Legs Could Scout Where Wheels Struggle
Making a small robot move quickly across unpredictable terrain presents a basic engineering problem. Tiny machines cannot carry large motors or heavy power systems,...
A Laptop-Sized Quantum Sensor Could Detect Chemical and Biological Threats
Identifying an unknown chemical or biological substance usually requires sophisticated laboratory equipment, creating a problem when the material is discovered in the field. Samples...
Tiny Drones Are Learning a Navigation Trick From Rodents
Making drones smaller creates an awkward navigation problem. Cameras become unreliable in darkness, smoke and dust, while LiDAR sensors and the processors needed to...
The Next Defense Technology May Start in the Civilian Market –...
Have a technology with the potential to make an impact in the defense sector? iHLS, together with the Ministry of Defense and MAFAT, is...
New Research Finds a Surprising Weak Spot in Power Grids and...
When defenders assess a network for cyberattacks, the most highly connected components can appear to be the obvious targets. Compromise a central hub, the...
This Air Defense System Is Getting a New Brain and Better...
Modern ground-based air defenses must react to threats that behave very differently in flight. Cruise missiles can approach at low altitude, rockets leave little...
This All-Electric Mortar Can Be Ready to Fire in Just 10...
Light infantry faces a firepower problem. Units need heavy indirect-fire support that can move quickly with them, but traditional 120mm mortar systems can require...
This Drone Could Fly Nearly Halfway Around the World Without Refueling
Long-endurance drones such as the MQ-9 Reaper have provided militaries with persistent surveillance and strike capabilities for decades. But future conflicts may demand something...
New Flight Planning Tech Helps Drones Race Through Complex Terrain
Autonomous drones can move quickly in open air, but cluttered environments are much harder. Buildings, trees, narrow passages and other obstacles leave little room...
This Tiny Missile Is Designed to Hunt Drones That Jammers Can’t...
Small drones have created an uncomfortable economic problem for air defense. An inexpensive UAV may cost only hundreds or a few thousand dollars, yet...
Pilot-Free Controls Could Transform Long-Range Military Resupply
Autonomous aircraft can perform well in carefully controlled demonstrations, but real-world aviation presents a much harder test. Busy airports, unfamiliar routes and changing weather...
Iron Dome’s Proven Interceptor Is Getting a Second Manufacturing Home
Intercepting incoming rockets is only part of the challenge facing modern air-defense systems. During prolonged attacks, the ability to maintain protection depends not just...
New Hardware Attack Exposes a Blind Spot in Secure Cloud Computing
Confidential computing is supposed to solve one of cloud computing's biggest security problems: how to process sensitive information on infrastructure operated by someone else...
Instead of Broadcasting Everywhere, This Drone Radio Aims Its Signal
As more drones share the same airspace, keeping them connected becomes increasingly difficult. Unmanned aircraft may need to exchange high-resolution video, sensor information and...
Got a Dual-Use Technology? INNOFENSE Wants to Hear From You
Building on the achievements of previous INNOFENSE cycles, iHLS, the Ministry of Defense and MAFAT are inviting startups to apply for the program’s seventh...
No Signal, No Problem: This Lidar Hunts Drones With Laser Pulses
Detecting a drone is becoming more difficult as unmanned aircraft become increasingly autonomous. Many counter-UAS systems look for radio signals exchanged between a drone...
The Unexpected Threat Military Radar Is Now Tracking: Birds
Bird strikes may sound like a minor aviation hazard, but a collision at high speed can damage engines, windscreens and other critical aircraft components....
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From the Human Brain to Drones: Neuromorphic Technology for Autonomous Navigation
Neuromorphic Lab is a graduate of the INNOFENSE Innovation Center operated by iHLS in collaboration with IMoD. This unique acceleration program removes entrance barriers to the...
