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Seeing through the Earth's crust, clearlyUnderground intelligence satellite navigation will work off lightning strikes
The U.S. ubiquitous eye-in-the-sky satellites have driven more and more people and things of interest to disappear underground (just think Iran's nuclear weapons program); deep tunnel complex shields an organization from the prying eyes of satellites, and it is also good protection against a sudden bombing raid; the U.S. military wants to be able to peek and conduct operations underground
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Seeing through the Earth's crust, clearlyThe last frontier: DARPA wants to make the Earth's crust transparent
Seeing through the Earth's would allow the development of tools to protect civilian populations from the ravages of natural disasters; these same tools could be used for military purposes against enemies -- detecting, targeting, and destroying hard and buried underground facility (UGF) targets
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Seeing through the Earth's crust, clearlyGeospatial Corporation maps the world under the Earth's crust
Pennsylvania-based Geospatial Corporation -- company's motto: "Mapping the underground / Managing the global infrastructure" -- offers a solution which creates detailed 3D maps of underground regions; the Pentagon has already contracted Geospatial to create 3D maps of the deep earth beneath their "critical facilities"
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Boeing develops Phantom Eye UAV, hopes for bigger share of UAV market
The unmanned aircraft market is currently dominated by Northrop Grumman and General Atomic; Boeing wants to change that, and it is working on the Phantom Eye -- a UAV with a 150-foot wingspan which will carry a payload of as much as 450 pounds up to 65,000 feet in altitude; the UAV will be powered by a hydrogen-fueled Ford compact truck engine
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Unmanned helicopter to monitor the consequences of nuclear disasters
Engineering students at Virginia Tech designed a UAV for flying into American cities blasted by a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb; the unmanned helicopter’s main mission would be to assist military investigators enter an American city after a nuclear attack in order to detect radiation level
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Axis shows innovative and affordable HDTV Network Cameras
AXIS M32 Series and P3304 offer a flexible and easy-to-install HDTV solution; M1054 is the smallest and smartest HDTV network camera on the market; at ISC West, Axis will provide conference attendees with product demonstrations and information, as well as insight into the latest video surveillance technologies
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DSC continues to innovate in security monitoring, Internet security communications, and wireless security products
DSC is a big player in electronic security, manufacturing control panels and IP alarm monitoring products; the Toronto-based company has manufacturing facilities in Canada and Italy, and its products are sold in 140 countries
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Next Level believes in the integration of traditionally separate subsystems into a single appliance
Next Level, founded by industry veteran Peter Jankowski, believes that the integration of traditionally separate subsystems into a single appliance can bring significant value to the entire market; the company's flagship product, the NLSS Gateway, integrates traditionally separate subsystems into a completely unified networked solution from the ground up
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Samsung, GVI Security to in collaboration which will lead to one product line
Samsung, a manufacturer of video security products offering IP, thermal, and analog cameras, network and digital video recorders, establishes a strategic partnership with GVI Security, a provider of video security solutions to the homeland security, institutional, and commercial markets, to provide optimal security solutions to customers in North and Latin America
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Smart CCTV detects brush-fire in early stage
Researchers develop a CCTV that can detect the first flames of a brush fire; a specially developed software for the CCTV analyzes video images for the characteristic flicker and color of a flame; the software looks for pixels which change from one frame to the next, and which also have a fire-like color
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Israel's latest UAV -- world's largest -- is no game changer
On Sunday Israel has unveiled the Eitan, the world's largest UAV (it has the wingspan of Boeing 737); it will undoubtedly allow the country to look deep inside Iran to provide detailed intelligence, but it is not likely to be a wonder weapon to knock out the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities
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VTOL, ducted-fan UAV for security monitoring of the London Olympics
A U.K. company developing a ducted-fan, VTOL UAV says the ability of the vehicle to take off vertically and maneuver around the tops of buildings would make it ideal for security monitoring at the London Olympics and other urban law-enforcement mission; the U.K. start-up says that compared to other UAVs, the Flying Wing can work more aptly against wind gusts, making it suitable for helping troops in mountainous Afghanistan
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UAV updateUAVs set to give U.K. defense a lift
The U.K. government is funding new research aimed at getting permission to fly drones anywhere in Britain, in a move which could benefit defense companies BAE Systems, EADS, and Thales but upset civil liberty concerns.
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Scots use UAV for rugby surveillance
Scotland’s national rugby team is not very good; Scottish Hydro, which normally uses its Cyberhawk UAVs to inspect pylons and wind turbines, wanted to help, so it has lent the Scottish team a Cyberhawk drone; the drone hovers over the practices of England’s rugby team and takes pictures and videos; the Scots believe that this surveillance may help them win the Six Nations Rugby Tournament
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BAE develops a UAV for U.K. police
BAE Systems, which produces a UAV for war zones, is developing the military-style planes for a consortium of U.K. government agencies; a Home Office-backed project intends to use the drone in time for the 2012 Olympics
The Long View
TrendGlobal UAV sales boom, but South Africa's UAV sector flounders
South Africa was among the world's leaders in designing and manufacturing UAVs; UAVs are the most dynamic segment growth sector in the global aerospace industry; South Africa could have benefited from the growing interest in UAVs, lack of investment in R&D and in finished products may cause South Africa to abdicate the UAV lead it once held
As I Was Saying // Ben FrankelNew U.S. strategy begins to take shape in Pakistan
The U.S. military and elements in the Pakistani national security establishments collaborate much more closely than in the past; the strategy of General David Patreus and the new Obama administration is to recognize that Pakistan is a fractured, divided country, and to work with those elements closer to us
Growing questions about U.S. UAV attacks inside Pakistan
The United States has launched some 40 UAV-carried missile attacks inside Pakistan in the last year; during the presidential campaign, Obama supported such attacks; Secretary of Defense Bob Gates says these attacks will intensify; is it a good idea?
