Smart materials or Active materials or Functional materials are designed materials that have diverse, dynamic features that enable them to adapt to the environment. They have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by external stimuli, the stimulus and response may be mechanical, electrical, …
Read More »Indian offset policy overcoming challenges to achieve target worth USD15 billion in defence offset work over next decade.
The defence equipment held by Indian defence forces is 50% obsolete, the proportion of state-of-the-art equipment also needs to double from current 15% to 30%. This justifies the huge requirement of new systems. Ongoing projects include submarine building, advance early warning aircraft, Rafale fighters, missiles, missile shields, aerostat radars, all of …
Read More »Smart Home Security Threats , countermeasures and Technology solutions and their Market growth
FBI has reported recent crime data: 7.9 million property crimes were committed in the nation in 2015. Property crimes resulted in losses estimated at $14.3 billion in 2015. Property crime rates have steadily declined over the last ten years. In 2005, 10.1 million property crimes were committed. In 2015, that …
Read More »New product introduction (NPI) processes or program (NPD) insures manufacturability and conformance with the global supply chain
Every year there are huge trade shows where companies reveal all the latest new products in hopes to draw interest from distributors, dealers and prospective customers. There are Auto shows, Electronics shows and Agricultural shows just to name a few. Most manufacturing companies participate in one or more of the …
Read More »DARPA DSO’s Disruptioneering accelerating innovation of most radical and potentially highest-payoff ideas for currently fielded platforms and building new capabilities for future systems.
DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO)—whose mission is to identify and pursue high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines—launched Disruptioneering in Spring 2017 which pushes for faster identification and exploration of bold and risky ideas with the goal of accelerating scientific discovery. The goal of …
Read More »DSO, called as DARPA’s DARPA identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives to help U.S. win important technology races in hypersonics, space, autonomy, energetics, and stabilization.
DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines and transforms them into important, new game-changing technologies for U.S. national security. Current DSO themes include frontiers in math, computation and design, limits of sensing and sensors, complex social …
Read More »Surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) and bulk-acoustic-wave (BAW) Filters will be disruptor in the military RF and microwave industries
The complexity of current 4G/5G phones comes from the need to cover multiple bands. Modern modems like the ones used in mobile phones are compatible with multiple transmission bands, including 3G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. The radio frequency front-end (RFFE) section of cellphone includes components like antennas, LNAs, filters, …
Read More »US Army xTechSearch competitions developing innovative dual use technologies for next generation military systems
The 2015-2018 U.S. Department of Defense Agency Strategic Plan underscores the criticality of innovation in its strategic goal to “achieve dominant capabilities through innovation, technical excellence, and defense institutional reform.” Echoing this priority, Department of Defense (DoD) leaders frequently point to accelerated innovation across the department as critical to putting …
Read More »Indian Photonics technology and market growth is on the verge of explosion
Photonics is the physical science of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Though covering all light’s technical applications over the whole spectrum, most photonic applications are in the range of visible and near-infrared light. Photonic systems provide many desirable …
Read More »Global Military Ground Vehicle Propulsion System trends and Market
A military vehicle is a type of vehicle that includes all land combat and transportation vehicles, which are designed for or are significantly used by military forces. Many military vehicles have vehicle armour plate or off-road capabilities or both. A military truck is a vehicle designed to transport troops, fuel …
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