Category: CyberWarfare / ExoWarfare

This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) Drones have their limitations. A drone can be seen and heard which is counterproductive to the purpose of surveillance drones. People on the ground will be alerted and perhaps attack the drone. The Silent Flyer (Flygildi) drone developed by Hjalti Hardarson tries to cope with this challenge.…

The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental — the Pentagon’s signature effort to engage commercial technology startups ― is primed to go global. In fact, DIUx could become a key platform by which the United States and its allies and partners come together to address shared military challenges ― if its next managing director and supporters in…

  The White House wants to eliminate a provision in the House’s draft of the annual Pentagon policy bill that would shutter the Defense Information Systems Agency, but the administration stopped short of threatening a presidential veto. The Office of Management and Budget released Tuesday a policy statement on the draft 2019 National Defense Authorization…

  A 2017 Newsweek report revealed that the U.S. Army lost more than $1 billion worth of weapons in Iraq and Kuwait due to lax controls and record keeping. This problem is not unique to the Army; the challenge of tracking goods has dogged military operations since Roman times. When there are thousands of troops…

How a new Pentagon strategy is influencing the DoD’s CIO To gain insight into the priorities of the Department of Defense’s new CIO, look no further than the national defense strategy, published at the beginning of the year. “The very first thing I did when I got here [was ask] is there a singular thing…

When Russia shows off equipment at this year’s annual victory parade, included in that number will be an armed robot that Russia claims saw action in Syria. The Uran-9 looks like a tank in miniature ― 30mm cannon on a turret on top of a small tracked body. But unlike the armored beasts of war…

The completion of the east campus is scheduled for 2028 and will include a total of six buildings and house more than 20,000 employees.   The National Security Agency and Cyber Command marked the official opening of a new $500 million building May 4, one that is designed to integrate cyber operations across the U.S.…

This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) Thermal cameras are all over the modern battlefield, from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets such as drones or vehicle and dismounted targeting systems. But recognizing a face with software in real time has long been out of reach. A new technology may lead to enhanced real-time biometrics…

Signature-based solution, using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA’s).   Imagine explosive charges so precise they can cut apart an incoming warhead milliseconds before it hits your vehicle. That’s the operating principle for Iron Curtain, an Active Protection System whose computer brain makes 50,000 calculations in the time you take to blink.     Installed on…

Basically: live hacking of drones to take control of them. Downside: it seems this works signature-based; leaving it open to non-recognized drones.   This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) As drones are becoming an increasing threat, South Korea has been acquiring new counter-drone systems. Department 13 International has signed an exclusive distribution agreement…

This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) DeTect has completed the commissioning of a HARRIER Ground- Based Sense-and-Avoid (GBSAA) radar in Spain. The system, supplied to a provider of aerial emergency services in Spain, will provide beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) for drone and UAS operations at project sites throughout Spain and Europe for wildfire…

This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) Ride-hailing service Uber and the US Army Research Lab announced a plan to explore some of the toughest technology challenges in delivering the rotorcraft of tomorrow. The new research agreement may result in quieter unmanned aircraft.     The focus involves a novel approach: “stacked co-rotating” rotors…

Open Source works: and the business models around it, too! Next step: go all open-source and lose the black-boxed proprietary stuff.   Microsoft and Red Hat are deepening their existing alliance around cloud computing. The two companies will now offer a managed version of OpenShift, Red Hat’s container application platform, on Microsoft Azure. This service…

In modern warfare, information is king. The United States military has long relied on its superior ability to obtain, process, access and share data within the U.S. Joint Forces and with allies as an “offset” to the capabilities of other states. The next step? Moving to the “cloud” — remotely accessible systems for storing data,…