Data breaches at US Federal Agencies Jumped 20 Percent Last Year

Data breaches at US Federal Agencies Jumped 20 Percent Last Year

WASHINGTON ― U.S. federal government agencies experienced a 20 percent increase in the number of data breaches last year since 2016, according to Thales’ 2018 Data Threat Report [see below]. Part of this increase is due to the growing use of commercial cloud services without the adoption of encryption or prioritization cloud computing security, the…

DARPA awards first contracts in drone swarms project – $7m

DARPA awards first contracts in drone swarms project – $7m

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded $7.2 million worth of contracts to Raytheon BBN, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, and Lockheed Martin Corporation during the first phase of the agency’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. The goal of the program is to develop small unmanned air and ground robots with the capability to…

DroneHunter: First Fully Autonomous Counter UAS Solution Using AI-Enabled Radar Technology

DroneHunter: First Fully Autonomous Counter UAS Solution Using AI-Enabled Radar Technology

Fortem Technologies, Inc., announced today the release of DroneHunter™, the first military-tested unmanned aircraft that provides perimeter intrusion detection and protection by autonomously patrolling an airspace and towing away any rogue drones from the sky. Using AI algorithms, the DroneHunter system provides detection, monitoring and capture of rogue drones over restricted airspace or no-fly zones.…

Israel Home Land Security Startup Competition in Tel-Aviv: $1 Million Prize to Winning Startup

Israel Home Land Security Startup Competition in Tel-Aviv: $1 Million Prize to Winning Startup

We are inviting ground-breaking startups in the security, defense and homeland security (HLS) fields to take part in a first-of-its kind startup competition. iHLS is delighted to host for the first time the prestigious Startup Competition for innovative technologies in the security, defense and homeland security fields, the one and only startup event in this…

Airbus completes first flight demonstration for its commercial parcel delivery drone ‘Skyways’

Airbus completes first flight demonstration for its commercial parcel delivery drone ‘Skyways’

Airbus Helicopters’ Skyways unmanned air vehicle has successfully completed its first flight demonstration at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The drone took off from its dedicated maintenance centre and landed on the roof of a specially designed parcel station where a parcel was automatically loaded via a robotic arm. Once successfully loaded with the…

ASATs: New Anti Satellites Weapons Operational In 2020

ASATs: New Anti Satellites Weapons Operational In 2020

The Pentagon has fretted that China and Russia are developing anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles that could shoot US low Earth orbit (LEO) objects out within the next two years. It was already established by the US military that those two countries are developing satellites that are able to maneuver through space, potentially enabling them to smash…

Blockwart: Russian National Arrested For Cyber Crime In Bangkok With $820 Million In Bitcoin

Blockwart: Russian National Arrested For Cyber Crime In Bangkok With $820 Million In Bitcoin

Blockwart   Police have apprehended a Russian citizen believed to be the number two in an international cybercrime organization, the Bangkok Post reported. Sergey Sergeyevich Medvedev was arrested in Bangkok last Friday, Feb. 2, by the Thai Crime Suppression Division (CSD) on a request from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. A laptop and documents…