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Drones have become an essential platform for any military and they have changed the shape of recent conflicts. Their slow speed and small radar cross-section have created a lot of challenges for conventional sensors and weapons to detect and engage them. Many technologies have been developed for their detection and …
Read More »US Navy “Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO),” strategy integrating diverse autonomous unmanned vehicles UUV, USVs, UAVs
The US Navy published a navigation plan to boost the war vessels to 500 by 2045 in the region citing “both a current and long-term challenge.” Reiterating that China is the central threat to the US Navy’s maritime dominance, the report says: “This is a critical decade. As global challengers …
Read More »DARPA’s NOMARS developing long endurance Autonomous warship for surveillance, targeting, electronic warfare and strike warfare
In 2018, China surpassed the U.S. Navy as the world’s largest naval force. China has now launched a new “world-leading unmanned warship” that is supposedly ready for combat, Chinese media reports. The JARI multi-purpose unmanned combat vessel, a new product of the state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, is 50 feet …
Read More »Mine Countermeasures (MCM) technologies for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) , Surface Warfare (SUW) , and counter terrorism missions
Sea mines are one of the cheapest and most dangerous threats for naval forces; a reality experienced in both World Wars and the Korean War. In order to mitigate the impacts and risks of sea mines on naval operations, advanced navies have been increasing their investments in autonomous Mine Countermeasure …
Read More »Hyper-intelligent systems and Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs) are gravest risk to mankind
Robotics has made significant progress, since its first deployment as an industrial robot more than 50 years ago. Robots are now days being used extensively in manufacturing, services, healthcare/medical, defense, and space. They have enhanced safety of humans from dangerous tasks, improved the productivity and the quality of life. In …
Read More »Autonomous shipping or Autonomous shipping or Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) technologies
Autonomous ships refer to the ships that are remote built ships where operations are performed by remote control mechanism. These operations are operated by the humans located at the shore. Autonomous requires high quality systems and reliable communication system which work with the assistance of connectivity, control algorism and sensor …
Read More »DARPA RACER-Sim will employ simulation tools to accelerate development of military autonomous ground vehicles for the battlefield
Modelling is the process of representing a model (e.g., physical, mathematical, or logical representation of a system, entity, phenomenon, or process) which includes its construction and working. This model is similar to a real system, which helps the analyst predict the effect of changes to the system. Simulation of a …
Read More »Tethered Drones or UAS, Hovering platforms, and Towed parafoil system provide long range Communications and Surveillance for Combatting terrorism
Militaries have long recognized the advantages of height for surveillance platforms to overcome the Horizon limitations because of curvature of earth, therefore it has been using many such platforms like baloons, and aerostats. Security forces have also found that countering today’s asymmetric threats, which can occur at any time and …
Read More »Global race for self-driving, driverless or autonomous cars
As the world’s population is growing and time lost to traffic snarls is increasing, the importance of autonomous vehicle technology is being realized. Further experts predict another billion people in society in 10 years which will further lead to traffic problems and parking requirements. Autonomous vehicles will ease congestion, shorten …
Read More »Unmanned Autonomous helicopters for emergency relief and military operations
The helicopter is a type of aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more sets of horizontally revolving overhead rotors. It has two rotors that spin several blades. A blade is a tilted airfoil, just like an airplane wing. As it speeds through the air, each blade generates …
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