The IDF may expand its sniper capability
The IDF is currently evaluating some advanced sniper rifles to expand this capability. One option is the Nemo Omen rifle.
Sniper rifles are widely used...
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles and port safety
Bios Swimmer is an unmanned vehicle that can operate underwater as well as on the surface, designated to follow incoming vessels and monitor possible...
A middle way for the Gaza fight
by Dr. Max Singer
An attack on the Hamas military leadership and military assets would be a difficult battle, almost certainly causing many Israeli casualties...
The FBI just used facial recognition to catch a fugitive of...
A recent FBI case has proved that the bureau's facial recognition systems works.
The story starts with a fugitive, Neil Stammer, who had been on...
Commercial drone market set to take off in China
Commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging line of business in China, set to be worth billions of yuan within a...
The new Mafia: Battling hackers like organized crime
Recruiting and researching the hacker community could boost cybersecurity.
Hackers can be tough opponents because the best of them share ideas online about new ways...
The U.S. needs more drones
Al-Qaeda is morphing and metastasizing, spreading like a cancer in an arc of jihadism from the deserts of Northern Mali through Libya, Nigeria, Somalia,...
Kosovo: 40 ISIS, al Nusra Fighters Arrested
Police in Kosovo yesterday (Monday) arrested forty young Islamic radicals who had fought in Syria and Iraq for ISIS or other extremist groups. The Wall Street...
Tension between China, Canada over hacking incidents
Beijing is not happy that Canada's government is naming and shaming Chinese hackers.
The big news on the television and on the front page of...
Fast Draw – UK may ban arms trade with Israel
British humor at its best. Britain threatens to cancel export licenses for military systems purchased by Israel. It's as if the Principality of Liechtenstein...
Israeli company awarded major Latin-American contract
Elbit Systems was awarded an $80 million contract to supply a Latin American country with Command, Control, Computer & Communications (C4I) systems.
iHLS – Israel...
The Russian market is closed for Israeli UAS manufacturers
The Israeli ministry of defense (MOD) banned all the Israeli manufactures of unmanned air systems (UAS) from offering their systems to Russia.
The decision is...
iHLS TV – Ebola bomb, police drones and data fusion
Articles and issues discussed in this week's report:
Miami police tests new surveillance drones
New armored mini-tractor for law enforcement agents
Possible Ebola "dirty bomb" worries experts
U.S....
Police want right to see medical records without consent
Police want new and expanded rights to access medical records and other confidential data without an individual's consent, a senior police chief has told...
Israeli experts: Security in some U.S. airports “not enough”
A recent incident again put the focus on the security level in some U.S airports.
A 62-year-old homeless woman was able to sneak aboard a...
Fast draw – tunnel detection system
It sounds suspicious, doesn't it? Suddenly the IDF is ready to deploy a tunnel detection system along the Gaza border. Suddenly a system that...
Commercial drone flights ‘years away’
Widespread use of commercial drones is likely to take significantly longer than many proponents of the budding industry anticipate, according to U.S. and Canadian...
The technology behind modern intelligence
The modern world we live in dictates the use of many modes of electronic communications: Wired and cellular communications, surfing the internet, sending e-mails,...
Alabama schools use 3D virtual maps to help responders
The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has recently institutionalized a detailed 3-D mapping system, called Virtual Alabama, which aims to create maps of public...
Why yellow dots are popping up across alabama
Get into serious car accident, it can sometimes be hard to relay pertinent medical history to paramedics, especially if they’re unconscious or otherwise unable...
Russian hackers stole 1 billion user credentials
A Russian crime ring has stolen 1.2 billion username and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses.
The records, discovered by Hold...
ICT Report: Monthly Terrorist Activities – April 2014
The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during April 2014, as researched and recorded by...
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Emergency responders and humanitarian agencies often struggle with the same issue: how to deploy sturdy, lightweight shelters quickly in disaster zones where transport is...
