DARPA Selects Robotics Challenge Winners
Eight teams have been selected out of 16 challengers in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge Trials. DARPA, which conducts advanced...
Canada Officially Declared Boko Haram a Terrorist Organization
Canada, under its Criminal Code, has designated Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. The United States did so three weeks ago.
The Canadian government also...
FAA Selected Operators for Civil UAV Test Sites
The FAA has selected six test sites across the U.S. to conduct civil unmanned aircraft system (UAV) research. Geographic and climatic diversity were key...
AUS&R 2014 Expo Autonomous, Unmanned Systems & Robotics
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The AUS&R 2013 Air Show was a great success. 2,700 visitors from Israel, 58 foreign visitors from...
New Israeli 5.56 mm Cartridge
IMI Small Caliber Ammunition Division has developed a new and special 5.56 mm cartridge designed for use with a wide range of standard 1:7...
Fast Draw – Criminals vs. the IDF
A top military police officer told reporters this weeks that there's a significant rise in the number of attempts by criminal organizations to steal...
U.S. Air Force to Recruit Cyber Specialists
The U.S. Air Force plans to add 1,000 new personnel between 2014 and 2016 as part of its cybersecurity units.
Silicon Valley Business Journal reports...
India to Buy More Israeli UAVs
India is buying 15 Israeli Heron UAVs, according to the Times of India.
According to Defense News India already operates a fleet of Israeli UAVs,...
Erdogan Is in Trouble
By Prof. Efraim Inbar
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is facing unprecedented political pressure that might precipitate the end of his rule. The results of upcoming...
Pentagon Orders Hundreds of Small Reconnaissance Robots
FirstLook is engineered with visible cameras, long-wave infrared sensors and thermal cameras – all designed to gather and beam back images and video of...
Israeli Fire Fighters: New Recruits, Vehicles
121 new fire fighters joined the Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority personnel in Israel, including two women. At the end of their training they'll...
Civilian Radar Operators to Support U.S. Army in Afghanistan
Radar experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment in Linthicum, Md., will continue to operate and support a system designed to detect...
2013 Cyber Summary: More Attacks, More Sophistication
The volume of cyber attacks keeps growing: 91% of organizations worldwide suffered at least one cyber attack in 2013, with 9% being the victim...
Israeli Weapon System to be Used by U.S. Armed UAVs
The U.S. Defense Department wants to arm more drones with lightweight, precision-guided weapons to support a larger range of combat missions.
According to Defense Tech...
China to Deploy “Advanced ” UAS on Aircraft Carrier
Experts say that China may use its first aircart carrier for the operation of different types of UAS.
Beijing's first aircraft carrier has returned from...
Egozi’s Fury
What else needs to happen, to make our so-called “heads of state” to officially declare that the third intifada has already begun?
Probably nothing can...
TSA Industry Day – January 10th
TSA has picked a new date, January 10, 2014, on which it will host an “industry day” in support of the Screening Partnership Program,...
Uruguay: New Police UAVs Enter Service
In the framework of a local safe city program, which includes the installation of hundreds of security cameras especially in the downtown area of...
Australia Knew the NSA was Hacking iPhones
Australian intelligence agencies may have had knowledge of a top secret U.S. NSA program for targeting iPhones, according to newly-released documents.
Slides released recently by...
Raised Security Around British UAV Bases
The British Ministry of Defense is drastically tightening security around air bases that have reportedly been used by the U.S. to launch unmanned air...
Visiting the U.S.? Forget About Your Privacy
A federal court upheld a Homeland Security Department policy that allows authorities at border checkpoints to search laptops and other electronic devices belonging to...
Integrating UGVs in HLS Operations
By Amos Goren
CEO, Automotive Robotic Industry
UGV market Players
Police UGV: The only UGV success story to date are police oriented missions - EOD (Explosive...
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This One-Way Drone Moves More Like a Missile Than a UAV
As short-range air-defense systems improve, many unmanned aircraft are being intercepted long before they reach their targets. Slow propeller-driven drones, even in large numbers,...
