New Satellite will Enhance Brazil’s Military Communications
A new Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC) was recently built for Brazil. The dual-use, civil and military, satellite system, manufactured by Thales...
Camcopter UAS System Excels in Naval Tactical Applications
An unmanned camcopter UAS for military and civilian applications will be supplied to the Australian Navy. The Navy awarded to Schiebel a contract for the...
Solutions for UAV-Defence Needed
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...
US Army Looking to Step Up 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...
A New Anti-Jamming Protection of GPS Revealed
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling ADA – an advanced system that protects avionic systems from GPS jamming. ADA has already been integrated into...
Weaponized Drones – Is It an ISIS Strategy?
ISIS supporters on social media were boasting that the terror group now has an air force after the Islamic State released on January 24th...
New Communications Technologies will Help Search and Rescue Crews
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 Jammers at the Davos World Economic Forum
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....
New Rifle for Long Range Accuracy
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,...
New Command Suite Integrates Information on Single Display
A new version of an integrated command suite was released recently, enabling the organization and collapsing of previously disparate data and systems from different...
New Police Tool for High-Speed Pursuits
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 in the Air – Robots on the Ground
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-Drones Swarm Launched from Aircraft in Impressive Demo
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 Printing – UAV’s Now No Further Than a Click Away
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 Simulator Improves Functioning Under Stress
Various firearms training solutions that test and improve shooting and judgment skills will be showcased by Cubic Global Defense (CGD), at SHOT Show held...
Mini-UAV for Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Battlefield
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...
New Anti-Surveillance Development Will Thwart 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...
DARPA is Developing Underwater Communications
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)...
Innovative Technology for UAVs Landing in Urban Environments
Deep reinforcement learning (an aspect of machine learning) was used to generate new development enabling the landing of a fixed wing UAV in urban...
New Hydrogen-Powered Drone Will Be Environment-Friendly
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...
UAVs – Life Saving Tool for Fire-Fighting and Rescue Missions
Emergency Response departments are adopting UAVs to help save lives. The Canadian Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) has recently recruited two thermal imaging...
When Heavy Loads Are Concerned – Use a Drone
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...
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This Helmet Doesn’t Just Protect Soldiers — It Connects Them
Modern soldiers increasingly operate with multiple connected devices at once, such as radios, sensors, cameras, navigation systems, hearing protection, and digital battlefield applications. While...
