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UAV-defence

As UAVs get cheaper to buy and easier to use, they’re also going to get more and more dangerous. Though people would be more...
geospatial abilities

  An army contract for geospatial information services has been awarded to Leidos, a global company that offers geospatial solutions to support and gather GIS...
anti-jamming

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling ADA – an advanced system that protects avionic systems from GPS jamming. ADA has already been integrated into...
weaponized drone

ISIS supporters on social media were boasting that the terror group now has an air force after the Islamic State released on January 24th...
search and rescue

Airborne search and rescue missions undertaken by military and civilian helicopter aircrews are dangerous and demanding operations, usually conducted at night or in bad...
anti-drone

Swiss police were pictured in Davos testing anti-drone jammers, which resemble massive machine guns, as part of security preparations for the World Economic Forum....
rifle

Beretta unveiled it’s new Tikka T3X TAC A1 tactical bolt-action rifle at SHOT Show 2017. Tikka rifles are made in Finland. According to Tikka’s website,...
command suite

A new version of an integrated command suite was released recently, enabling the organization and collapsing of previously disparate data and systems from different...
high-speed pursuit

The cost of high-speed pursuit can be high: there is a risk of injury or death to officers, bystanders, and offenders, financial exposure for...
robots

By Arie Egozi It begins to look like an episode from a science fiction movie - along the border between Israel and the Gaza strip,...
mini-drone swarm

The Pentagon has tested a swarm of 103 micro-drones launched from planes in California. The information was released to the public only now by...
3d printed UAV

The Military is no stranger to 3D printing, and so far we’ve seen this demonstrated in concepts for body armor and using the technology...
firearms training simulation

Various firearms training solutions that test and improve shooting and judgment skills will be showcased by Cubic Global Defense (CGD), at SHOT Show held...
surveillance and reconnaissance

The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has selected the Spy'Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance UAV to equip the French forces. Up to 70 mini-UAV reconnaissance...
facial recognition

A new project aims to reduce the confidence score of facial detection and recognition by providing false faces that distract computer vision algorithms. A Berlin-based...
fiber optics

A new program will develop temporary underwater fiber-optics communications networks to ensure connectivity when tactical networks are unavailable. DARPA’s Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA)...
UAV in urban envrironment

Deep reinforcement learning (an aspect of machine learning) was used to generate new development enabling the landing of a fixed wing UAV in urban...

A research project at the American University of Sharjah, UAE, has resulted in a multi-propeller drone powered by a hydrogen fuel cell being flown...

Emergency Response departments are adopting UAVs to help save lives. The Canadian Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) has recently recruited two thermal imaging...

The GRIFF 300 drone combines a lifting capacity of up to 300 kg and a long flight time (30-45 mins). The large drone, manufactured...

Mixed Reality (MR) technology has recently attracted a lot of attention with several new developments emerging on the market and some that are still...

Communities most affected by gunfire are least likely to call it in. With fewer than 1 in 5 shooting incidents reported to the authorities,...