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The vast majority of modern small arms use cartridges as ammunition. In the field of small-caliber ammunition, the terms ‘cartridge’ and ‘round’ are synonymous: both refer to a single complete unit of ammunition. Components for small caliber ammunition The components for small caliber ammunition include cartridge casing, propellant, bullet …
Read More »US Army Project Linchpin developing integrated AI based intelligence, cyber and electronic warfare capability
While the need for convergence of cyberspace operations and electronic warfare is recognized within the Department of Defense (DoD), differences between how these two capabilities are trained, resourced, organized and employed combined with the significant functional level differences between the two have hindered efforts to converge their capabilities. “The …
Read More »US Army Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program advances
Current Ground combat vehicles, especially main battle tanks (MBT) and infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), are the mainstay of technologically superior armies. The combination of firepower, mobility and survivability allows such vehicles to dominate ground military operations. Now militaries are realizing much of the fighting in future conflicts will take place …
Read More »DARPA QuICC developing hybrid Quantum computer to solve optimization problems for Defense applications
Department of Defense (DOD) must solve many complex optimization problems to enable mission capabilities – from determining the most efficient way to distribute supplies to minimizing warfighters’ exposure to hostile forces. Solving these intricate scenarios is difficult, largely owing to the limitations of existing computing resources. Today, many optimization problems …
Read More »UK Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE)
The Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) is the British Army’s live trial of emerging military technologies and tools – bringing together industry and military experts to test new technology and improve Army capability. “The Army Warfighting Experiment has been and remains the flagship experimentation programme for the British Army. Through AWE …
Read More »Material platforms for Photonic integrated circuits (PIC) enable LiDAR, quantum and neuromorphic computing
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) or integrated optical circuit is a device that integrates multiple (at least two) photonic functions and as such is similar to an electronic integrated circuit. The major difference between the two is that a photonic integrated circuit provides functions for information signals imposed on optical …
Read More »Defense Acquisition moving towards “as-a-service” model
The rising cost of new weapons systems has long been a concern for the Department of Defense (DoD). And, as DoD seeks to transform itself for the 21st century, it can anticipate an extended period of downward budgetary pressure. Moreover, growing costs will require difficult choices for DoD just to …
Read More »Single photon detector (SPD) critical technology for quantum computers and communications, and submarine detection
The process of detecting light—whether with our eyes, cameras or other devices—is at the heart of a wide range of civilian and military applications, including light or laser detection and ranging (LIDAR or LADAR), photography, astronomy, quantum information processing, medical imaging, microscopy and communications. Light is also being used in …
Read More »Defense metaverse for military superiority
Metaverse is a vision of a highly immersive and interactive shared world inhabited by avatars of real people that will enable billions of people to work, play, collaborate and socialize in entirely new ways. As a concept, the Metaverse is a persistent, online, 3D universe that combines multiple virtual spaces. …
Read More »Quantum Technologies enter mainstream commercial applications, Large market growth predicted
Although universal fault-tolerant quantum computers – with millions of physical quantum bits (or qubits) – maybe a decade or two away, quantum computing research continues apace. It has been hypothesized that quantum computers will one day revolutionize information processing across a host of military and civilian applications from pharmaceuticals discovery, …
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