King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has unveiled on May 11, 2017, in Riyadh, a new strategic drone program called "Saqr-1." KACST President Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed stressed the highly advanced techniques used in this aircraft. He stated that "Saqr-1" is equipped with a KA-satellite communication system that gives superiority and privilege to this aircraft. It can fly for long-range with the ability to carry missiles and laser-guided bombs.

A massive global cyberattack – likely caused by the spread of malware developed by the US National Security Agency as part of its cyberwarfare arsenal – hit computers around the world on Friday and rendered them inoperable. The malicious ransomware attacked computers in 99 countries and locked down their files while demanding that system administrators pay a fee of between $300 and $600 within six hours in exchange for regained access.

The people of the Russian intelligence community are entitled to a good laugh. With a minimum of effort or even with no effort at all, they managed to rock Washington to the point of bringing about the resounding dismissal of FBI Chief James Comey who, according to recent reports, discovered that he was unemployed through the media.

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. ­– an Israeli-based company specializing in the field of electro-optics (EO) and infrared (IR) defense and homeland security solutions – announces the release of the new iSea-20HD High Definition (HD) EO/IR camera payload for small boats. The introduction of the new iSea-20HD completes CONTROP's iSea family of four EO/IR payloads with HD capabilities, including the iSea-30HD, iSea-40HD, iSea-50HD and now the new iSea-20HD.

The US notified French officials of Russian digital meddling before hackers last week leaked internal documents stolen from the political party of centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers told Congress.

The Israeli Intezer Company announced the release of its Code Intelligence solution, a new online cloud service for rapid file investigation and malware analysis. Code Intelligence provides organizations with an understanding of any file by mapping its code at the DNA level, accelerating incident response and SoC operation.

Last week, Iran attempted to launch a cruise missile from a "midget" submarine in the Strait of Hormuz. The submarine appears to be based on a North Korean design, a further indication that the two nations are collaborating on their missile and nuclear programs.

Iran and North Korea are the only two countries in the world that operate "midget" submarines, which can travel and hide in shallow water.

Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded a contract from the Brazilian Marine Corps (BMC) for the supply of advanced C4ISR, Electronic Warfare (EW), radio and communication systems. The contract, in an amount of approximately $40 million, will be performed over a two-year period.

President Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the FBI, James B. Comey, abruptly terminating the top official leading a criminal investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s advisers colluded with the Russian government to steer the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.