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  • Aerovironment wins a $2.1 million Phase 2 contract for tiny fluttering UAV

    Aerovironment wins more money to develop its Nano Air Vehicle; the tiny, insect-size robot, flies and hovers using flapping wings like a hummingbird

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  • Rules of war to be programmed into robots' decision making

    Georgia tech researcher has developed an “ethical governor” which aims to ensure that robot attack aircraft behave ethically in combat

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  • Border agency testing UAV along U.S. northern border

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has adopted a new addition to help the agency watch over the northern border in upstate New York: a Predator B UAV

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  • Israeli Air Force practices UAV shoot-down technique

    During the summer 2006 war, an Israeli Air Force’s F-16 shot down an Iranian-made Ababil UAV operated by Hezbollah; Hamas is trying to smuggle Iranian UAVs into the Gaza Strip, and Iran itself is developing more sophisticated UAVs — leading the IAF to practice UAV shoot-down techniques

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  • Iran tests radar-evading UAV

    Commander of the Iranian air force says the service has successfully tested a home-grown, radar-evading UAV; the UAV is intended for both surveillance and bombing missions

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  • Israel will not sell the most advanced UAVs to Russia

    Following the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war, Russia decided it needed more and better UAVs; two Russian companies failed to deliver them, so Russia bought 12 of them from Israel; Israel says it did not sell Russia the most advanced UAVs

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  • USAF looks for more discriminating UAVs

    The increased use of UAVs in Pakistan has also increased the number of civilians being killed in attacks on insurgents; one of the main reasons is the fact that the least powerful munition they fire is Hellfire missiles, which are intended to puncture the tough armor of tanks; USAF plans to build smaller, even microscopic drones with smaller weapons that can hunt in swarms and engage targets in the close quarters of urban battlefields

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  • Russia buys 12 spy drones from Israel

    The August 2008 war against Georgia convinced the Russian military that it needed more battlefield intelligence; after Russian defense companies failed to provide the military with the right gear, Russia turned to Israel

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  • Western companies help Iranian government to monitor citizens

    Nokia Siemens provides the Iranian government with technology to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls; the product allows authorities to monitor any communications across a network, including voice calls, text messaging, instant messages, and Web traffic

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  • U.K. government to give up on massive Internet snoop scheme

    The Home Office admits that its IMP (Interception Modernization Program) — the cost of which was to be £2 billion over ten years — cannot be realized because the technology does not yet exist

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  • Large defense contractors on a buying spree of smaller UAV manufacturers

    UAV expenditures will double within a decade from $4.4 billion annually to $8.7 billion, with more than $62 billion spent over the next ten years

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  • Company in the spotlight: Distillery Software

    Aussie company produces software designed to distill knowledge and intelligence from raw information by linking disparate information elements

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  • FLIR acquires Salvador Imaging

    Acquisition will allow FLIR to expand into markets related to its core infrared business

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  • Inflatable tower would bring people to the edge of space

    Scientists describe a 15-kilometer inflatable tower made up of 100 modules, each one 150 meters tall and 230 meters in diameter, built from inflatable tubes 2 meters across; when pressurized, the tower would weigh 800,000 tons — twice the weight of the world’s largest supertanker

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  • NYCLU sues DHS over mid-Manhattan surveillance scheme

    DHS wants to build a $92 million surveillance system in Lower Manhattan; civil liberties organizations sues DHS over plans to expand plan to mid-Manhattan

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More headlines

  • DOD to deploy counter-drone capabilities at US-Mexico border as cartels surveil troops
  • Trump’s Homeland Security Ramps Up Surveillance of Legal Immigrants
  • Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration
  • Congress aims to strip 'Trojan horse' Chinese drones from all levels of government
  • Spy agencies acquire commercial data with little coordination and few controls
  • States push back against Chinese drones
  • New records reportedly show Homeland Security buying smartphone data to track you
  • New documents reveal 'huge' scale of US government's cell phone location data tracking
  • DHS Opens Counter-Drone Testbed in Richmond
  • National Space Intelligence Center became the 18 member of the U.S. Intelligence Community in January 2021
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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  • How DHS Laid the Groundwork for More Intelligence Abuse

    I&A, the lead intelligence unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) —long plagued by politicized targeting, permissive rules, and a toxic culture —has undergone a transformation over the last two years. Spencer Reynolds writes that this effort falls short. “Ultimately, Congress must rein in I&A,” he adds.

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