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National Defense
June 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Military Infrared Sensor That Ferrets Out Suicide Vests Offered to Local Law Enforcement A sensor used in battle zones that can detect explosives and weapons hidden under clothing at long distances is now being marketed domestically.   |
National Defense
June 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Catching Terrorists Carrying Bombs Still a Tough Problem to Solve When police in Watertown, Mass., honed in on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat stored in a backyard in April, they had several tools familiar to service members who fought in the Iraq and Afghan wars at their disposal. |
National Defense
March 2011
Eric Beidel |
Research Could Lead to Pocket-Sized Bomb Detectors That is the ultimate goal of university researchers trying to figure out a way to use sound and radio waves to detect bombs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
L-3 supplies TSA with millimeter wave imaging portals for airport security Officials of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration sought airport security systems that use active millimeter wave technology to identify concealed threats, including metallic items. |
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Feds Begin to Tackle the Vexing Problem of How to Defeat Homemade Bombs Congress' attention remains focused on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil, but improvised explosive devices do not receive the same attention as the chemical, biological or nuclear threats. |
National Defense
September 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
New Technologies Target Terrorist, Suicide Bombs By studying structural failures in lab blasts and real-world attacks, researchers are honing in on new shock-absorbing materials, casualty-minimizing layouts and new methods of securing the interaction between the soil and building foundations. |
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Non-lethal Weapon Readied for Battlefield A directed energy weapon that causes a sensation tantamount to a "bee sting all over the body" to those unlucky enough to be on the receiving end could be deployed by the Air Force before the end of this year. |
National Defense
March 2007 |
Security Beat Coast Guard Ponders Future, Delivers New Mission Statement... Border Patrol Reaching Out to Fill 6,000 Slots... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
David Schneider |
Coffee-Can Radar How to build a synthetic-aperture imaging system with tin cans and AA batteries |
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Military Weapons Adapted for Port Defense Technologies that for decades have been tested and deployed by the U.S. military are now being tailored for use by the Department of Homeland Security to protect the nation's ports. |
National Defense
April 2012
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Centers of Excellence Spared from Budget Cuts The fiscal year 2013 Department of Homeland Security budget proposal seeks to restore some of the huge cuts the Science and Technology Directorate suffered at the hands of Congress last year. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
From Space to Sea, New Radar Tech Could Shift Military Might This month Lockheed Martin released a 280-word statement from its radar research headquarters in New Jersey announcing a breakthrough test of an advanced radar platform. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2011
Paden et al. |
A Next-Generation Ice Radar Scientists can now probe polar ice sheets better than ever using synthetic-aperture radar |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
John Keller |
Radar technology looks to the future Modern radar systems are combining advanced materials, solid-state modules, digital signal processors, and complex A-D converters to give a better look to military and civilian users who need the best possible capability in small, compact, and efficient packages. |
National Defense
November 2010 |
Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Robotic Mules, Bad Idea... Next Wave of Suicide Bombers... Defense Budget Woes... |
National Defense
July 2007
Robert H. Williams |
Camera Finds and Spotlights Transfixed Intruders A Las Vegas company has paired a low-light camera and spotlight that can detect and track intruders up to one and half miles away. |
AskMen.com
September 10, 2002
Peter Richmond |
Radar Detectors: Avoiding Speeding Tickets Unfortunately, the radar detector industry has produced few effective detectors that can actually counter police radar fast enough to give you sufficient time to react before it's too late. That's why I took the challenge to find the world's best radar detector. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007
Hans Kobler |
From DARPA to Main Street Technologies developed for Homeland Security are moving into the public sector. |
Defense Update
March 2007 |
Advantages of AESA Radars AESA radars are emitting not only radar signals, but can also be employed for non traditional ISR, as well as electronic attack. |
