Homeland Security

The United States should agree to negotiate a global ban on weapons in space and the use of anti-satellite weapons, because erecting a military shield to defend satellites would be […]

North Korea has the capability to design and build an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), even though a Taepo Dong-2 missile failed in a 2006 test, a senior U.S. missile defense […]

The Navy completed developmental testing of a BAE Systems fiber-optic towed decoy to protect military aircraft against enemy missiles. Those operational tests were performed on the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet […]

By Calvin Biesecker The final estimated acquisition costs for the Coast Guard’s maritime 911 emergency radio system have increased 46 percent and the last installations won’t be completed until six-years […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will conduct a pilot test this summer involving the use of different types of stand-off sensors […]

By Calvin Biesecker Following one failed attempt and another that never really got far, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed its efforts to find help from industry in […]

By Calvin Biesecker ICx Technologies [ICXT] said last week that it has acquired S3I, LLC, a small firm that will bolster its capabilities in biological threat detection, for $5.3 million […]

The Aegis ballistic missile defense system will be tested Thursday in the Pacific, with two interceptor missiles attempting to annihilate the short-range target missile in the terminal phase of its […]

Iran is studying nuclear fusion, the technology of the hydrogen bomb (H-bomb), according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. The Iranian program was revealed by Sadat Hosseini, an Iranian […]

By Ann Roosevelt and Dave Ahearn The first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) unit was activated, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That Army unit is Alpha Battery, 4th […]