Spreading and intense Mideast cyber war complicates region’s woes
By Jack Caravelli An intense and expanding cyber war has hit the Middle East where the world’s focus has been on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the rampage of ISIL (more…)
Iran rolls out short-range, solid-fuel ballistic missile, Fateh-313
Iran has unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile, which features more advanced sensors and technology than earlier rockets, according to a report by Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
DoD draws on Navy’s nuclear program to answer cyber security crisis
By Jack Caravelli Using principles developed over decades in the management of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear program, one of the most successful and safest high-tech programs ever developed, the (more…)
Fort Carson’s microgrid could be proving ground for future fixes
The United States military is taking the lead to secure the nation’s power resources by developing smaller, more secure grids known as microgrids. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Israeli defense major develops sensor to prevent pilot blackouts
Israel’s Elbit System has developed a body sensor for pilots that warns of possible loss of consciousness due to oxygen starvation in extreme manuevers. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
China cyber attacks seen focusing on ‘Big Data’ targets in U.S.
There are “people actively out there interested in acquiring data in volumes and numbers that we didn’t see before,” Adm. Mike Rogers, head of U.S. Cyber Command, said in (more…)
Technology upgrades make civil aviation vulnerable to cyber attacks
By Jack Caravelli Civil aviation, long a favorite target of terrorists, is entering a new era of vulnerability from hackers who could wreak even more havoc on the world’s (more…)
Beyond Stuxnet: U.S. war games test cyber counterattack capabilities
By Jack Caravelli In a three week series of war games conducted in June at a military base near Suffolk, Virginia, senior officials from the Department of Defense (DOD), (more…)
Israeli firm develops touch-screen bullet-resistant windshield
An Israeli defense firm has begun production on a bullet-resistant windshield with a touch-screen embedded in it. The OSG Company of Kibbutz Palmach Zova’s ScreeneX is “a cassette-like device (more…)