The emerging battlefield is a multi-domain battlefield which shall include all the traditional domains of land, air and sea as well as Cyber, Space, Low-Intensity conflicts, Information warfare including Psychological warfare and cognitive warfare shall be exploited by our adversaries simultaneously or in any desired combinations. The response of this …
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Enhancing software reliability of military and mission critical systems through technologies and reliability standards
In 2019, Boeing 737 Max jets en route to Nairobi, crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa. It has been confirmed that 157 passengers on board all lost their lives. This tragedy was as a result of an error in the Boeing aircraft’s flight-control software. Numerous softwares all over the …
Read More »DARPA P3 developing rapid medical countermeasures to pandemics including COVID-19 or corona virus to support military readiness and global stability
Pandemics may threaten both internal and external national security – the physical threat to U.S. citizens in terms of morbidity and mortality, and the decreased effectiveness of U.S. armed forces in protecting those citizens from external threats. The economic, political or social turmoil in adversary country is also potential threat. …
Read More »Quantum microwave photonics
By harnessing quantum superposition and entanglement, remarkable progress has sprouted over the past three decades from different areas of research in communication, computation and simulation. Microwave photonics (MWP) typically using classic optical methods and devices to generate, transport, and process radio-frequency (RF) signals is a recently developed area of …
Read More »Challenges in nanofabrication for efficient optical metasurfaces and new technologies
Metamaterials are artificially structured materials designed to control and manipulate physical phenomena such as light and other electromagnetic waves, sound waves and seismic waves in unconventional ways, resulting in exotic behavior that’s not found in nature. This class of micro- and nano-structured artificial media are predicted to be able to protect …
Read More »Militaries thrust for smart, sustainable and hybrid manufacturing processes
Since the term Industry 4.0 was coined in 2011, its associated technologies have developed to allow a data-rich, interconnected, and highly automated form of production called smart manufacturing. Smart manufacturing leverages Industry 4.0, which is characterized by interconnected cyber-physical systems such as intelligent robots and machines that can self-diagnose and …
Read More »US DOD establishing Cyber Ranges and testbeds with Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) simulation under CyberWarfare Threat
As World is becoming more digitized, its National Critical Information Infrastructure assets in critical sectors like energy, banking, defence, telecom, transportation etc. have becoming more vulnerable to cyber attacks like the use of ransomware to hold assets at risk, disabling of CII threatening domestic public safety. In the Future, IOT will …
Read More »Extreme ultraviolet (EUV)
Among all the electromagnetic waves in the universe, the most relevant to us are those in the visible spectrum. It is the radiation at these wavelengths that enables us to see our surroundings and live, by breathing in oxygen generated by photosynthesis. Ultraviolet (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from …
Read More »5G Mobile Networks deployments have many security and privacy threats, Require New policies and technologies including quantum cryptography
Countries are now racing to deploy 5G, short for 5th generation mobile networking or 5th generation wireless systems. The Fifth Generation (5G) mobile networks promise fast Internet for everyone, smart cities, driverless cars, critical health care, “internet of things” revolution, and reliable and secure communications for critical infrastructures and services. The …
Read More »Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Materials
Construction and demolition (C&D) materials are generated when new building and civil-engineering structures are built and when existing buildings and civil-engineering structures are renovated or demolished (including deconstruction activities). Civil-engineering structures include public works projects, such as streets and highways, bridges, utility plants, piers, and dams. C&D materials often …
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