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TraceGuard files for additional patents relating to its detection technology
The company’s propietary Automated Trace Extraction (ATE) uses air jetting, pressurization, and at times even vibration and heating to enhance detection
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Navy to use OPT's buoys in Deep Water
New Jersey-based bouy specialist makes stand-alone buoys which harness wave power to generate energy; the Navy wants to use them for its ocean-based, far-flung vessel tracking project
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Superconductivity at room temperature a step closer
Transporting energy without any loss: Scientists have been dreaming about the possibility — and its benefits — for decades, and CNRS rsearchers have made an important breakthrough toward making this dream a reality
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Siemens, Catalyst partner on communication interoperability
The two companies’ strategic collaboration aims to strengthen interoperable communications for first responders and the military
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Secret weapon targeting system stolen from defense contractor
Burglars break into a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando and steal the display and controls for an Apache helicopter weapons-targeting system
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Marine Corps. contracts Israeli armor specialist for IED protection
IEDs now cause most of the U.S. casualties in Iraq; DHS officials say that it is only a matter of time before IEDs are used by terrorists on American soil; the search for a solution spans the globe
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Growing deal-making activity in the alternative energy sector
With the battle over wind turbine maker Repower over, and the battle over Nordex may begin — both offering evidence for rich deal making in alternative energy
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S&T Directorate announces new opportunities
Biometrics, interoperable communications, document validatiion, and blast mitigation top the agency’s wish list
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Irdeto, SafeNet partner on mobile TV protection
There are two competing technologines aiming to protect mobile TV broadcasts — conditional access and DRM; now the leaders of each technology partner
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Cyberlux demonstrates hybrid lighting technology
The company’s covert lighting technology is already used by the military and law enfrocement; now the company tests hybrid lighting technology which will help conserve energy
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Mirkos, Isonics report good fiscal results
Two technology companies show good fiscal results in their latest quarterly reports
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Enterra to develop improved emergency response procedures
Enterra wins contract from ORNL to develop “a 21st century” civilian defense infrastructure
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Northrop Grumman wins Navy's critical infrastructure protection contract
The technology giant wins a contract worth potentiually $100 million to protect naval bases around the world
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Kansas State researchers work on new kind of laser
Attosecond technology will help in identifying elements at the mollecular level by capturing fast motion in the atomic world; this will be of great help ijn inspedcting suspicious packages and cargo
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Hunan Province buys zNose for environmental protection
zNose offers dual technology at its best — equally useful for homeland securty and law enforcement and for environemental protection; the company makes another score in China
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The long view
AI Has Crossed a Threshold – What Claude Mythos Means for the Future of Cybersecurity
The limit of what artificial intelligence can achieve, known as frontier AI, has crossed another threshold. AI can now plan and execute sophisticated cyber operations with minimal guidance at speeds far beyond human capability.
Artificial Intelligence Is Facing a Crisis of Control—and the Industry Knows It
Washington appears to be years away from consensus on the expanding security risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Concrete international agreements also do not yet exist. There is a tenuous potential path forward to avoid a disaster, but it will require out-of-the-box thinking, intense determination, and unprecedented cooperation.
Pick Your Poison: The Enduring Threat of Biological Toxins
A summary of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense’s “Pick Your Poison: The Enduring Threat of Biological Toxins” at the Atlantic Council.
Could Deep Sea Mining Break China's Grip on Critical Minerals?
Mining companies have proposed to use remote-controlled robots or seabed crawlers tethered to surface ships to bring up nodules. The International Seabed Authority has wrestled for more than two decades with how to regulate seabed mining. The Trump administration has promised no such delay. It plans to use an existing U.S. regulatory framework.
Expert Believes Norwegian Minerals Could Make Europe Less Dependent on China
At the Fen Complex in southern Norway lies Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth elements, according to a report from Rare Earths Norway. But this is not a ‘quick-fix,’ according experts.
Helping MTA in Combating Climate Threats
NYU Tandon School research team developed computer model that quickly tests hundreds of resilience strategies to determine the best ways to defend subways against coastal storm surge flooding.