Rajesh Uppal

Rajesh Uppal

  • Joined: January 29, 2016
  • Articles: 3610

Tantalum: The Obscure Metal That Could Become a Strategic Chokepoint in the Ukraine War

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Introduction: The New Battlefield Beneath the Battlefield Modern wars are often measured in missiles launched, drones destroyed, territory captured and ammunition consumed. But beneath those visible indicators lies another contest—over the materials that make advanced weapons possible. Tantalum is one…...

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The Undersea Battlespace Revolution: Autonomous Warfare, Supercavitation, and the Strategic Race for Seabed Dominance

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Strategic Context: The Ocean Floor Becomes a Contested Military Domain The next major naval confrontation may be shaped as much by what forces can detect, protect, and control beneath the ocean as by the ships, aircraft, and missiles operating above…...

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DARPA OTTER: Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion and the Strategic Race to Control Very Low Earth Orbit

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Introduction: Strategic Context — Opening a New Operational Regime Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), generally defined as the orbital region below approximately 450 kilometers and extending in some mission concepts to around 90 kilometers, is attracting renewed military and commercial…...

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The Rise of Agentic AI: How Autonomous Testing Is Revolutionizing Quality Assurance

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Introduction: Strategic Context Software development is entering an era in which the economics of creating code are changing faster than the economics of validating it. Generative AI and coding agents can translate natural-language requirements into software, modify entire repositories, debug…...

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The Intelligent Test Revolution: How AI and Machine Learning Are Transforming Testing and Measurement

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Introduction: Strategic Context Testing and measurement is becoming a strategic technology rather than a downstream engineering function. As artificial intelligence, advanced semiconductors, autonomous platforms, software-defined vehicles, aerospace systems and connected infrastructure become more complex, the ability to verify their performance…...

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The Counterterrorism AI Paradox: Why More Generative Power Demands More Human Judgment

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Introduction: Strategic Context — Intelligence Advantage in an Age of Algorithmic Uncertainty Counterterrorism is entering a new phase of technological competition. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can translate communications, summarize intelligence reports, analyze large document collections, identify patterns across open-source information,…...

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The RIS Revolution: How Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Are Creating an Intelligent Electromagnetic Environment

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Introduction: From Wireless Connectivity to Electromagnetic Intelligence The next phase of wireless competition will not be determined solely by faster radios, larger antenna arrays, or additional spectrum. It will increasingly depend on the ability to control the physical environment through…...

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Ultra-Low-Frequency Neuromodulation for Military Medicine: Electrical Stimulation, Bioelectronic Therapies and the Future of Pain Management

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Introduction: A New Frontier in Military Medicine Military personnel face a distinctive combination of physical injuries, chronic pain, blast exposure, traumatic brain injury (TBI), psychological trauma, and the cumulative physiological stresses of operational service. Conventional treatments—including medication, surgery, physical rehabilitation,…...

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The Frontier of Optical Quantum Simulation: From Table-Top Photons to Real-World Impact

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Strategic Context: Why Optical Quantum Simulation Is Becoming a Technology Race Quantum simulation is emerging as one of the most credible pathways toward useful quantum advantage because it does not necessarily require a universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer before delivering scientific…...

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ONR’s 2026 Science & Technology Strategy: Transforming Naval Research for an Era of Strategic Competition

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A New Naval Technology Strategy for an Accelerating Battlespace The U.S. Navy is entering a period in which technological superiority can no longer be measured simply by the sophistication of individual ships, aircraft, submarines or weapons. The decisive advantage increasingly…...

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