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Global Defense Market

August 2016

Army Releases Disaster Response Video Game

By Vivienne Machi
A new Army video game is taking soldiers into the heart of foreign disaster zones and delivering real-world training from their laptop or tablet.
Global Defense Market

September 2015

Consulting Firm Develops Crisis Simulator

By Graham Kilmer
Former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have developed a platform for first responders to practice handling the glut of data that accompanies a catastrophe.
Global Defense Market

September 2015

Report: U.S. Vulnerable to Biological Attack

By Taylor Feuss
The U.S. government is “gravely and insufficiently” prepared for a domestic biological attack, found a forthcoming report.
Emerging Technologies

June 2015

Military Innovation Could Lead to Energy Efficient Technology

By Allyson Versprille
Technological innovations in the defense industry could have the capacity to solve problems posed by climate change, said a former Pentagon official.
Global Defense Market

June 2015

Drones Could Mitigate Terrorist Attacks

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
Drones provide law enforcement with a unique vantage point and serve as eyes in the sky. Such technology, coupled with surveillance payloads, works well in crowd situations where police officers often have limited situational awareness.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems

May 2015

Indago Drone Used for Disaster Relief Mission in Vanuatu

By Allyson Versprille
After Cyclone Pam devastated the small Pacific nation of Vanuatu, Lockheed Martin’s Indago quad roto unmanned aerial vehicle was used to survey damage for two weeks.
Homeland Security

April 2015

Worldwide Biosurveillance Network Still a Distant Goal (UPDATED)

By Stew Magnuson
A measles outbreak and a deadly strain of flu that caused the deaths of some children this winter are just two examples of diseases that recently caught U.S. public health officials by surprise.
Homeland Security

October 2014

FEMA Preparing for Possible Shortages of Bio-Hazard Gear as Ebola Fears Rise

By Stew Magnuson
The Obama administration is looking into evoking the Defense Production Act to stem possible shortages of bio-hazard protective gear as fears of an Ebola outbreak grows, a Federal Emergency Management Agency official said Oct. 15.
Homeland Security

October 2014

Pentagon Official: ‘Duration of Ebola Crisis Unknown’

By Stew Magnuson
The Pentagon has quickly escalated efforts to help contain the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. But the Defense Department’s response came too late to prevent what has now become an international health crisis.
Homeland Security

September 2014

New Simulators Amp Up Training for First Responders

By Chelsea Todaro
Disaster response planners and first responders are the beneficiaries of some new modeling and simulation programs.