Commercial aviation plays a central role in our daily lives and is an essential part of the national economy. More than 100,000 flights take off and land every day across the world. More than billion passengers go by air every year as do over 20 million tonnes of freight. It …
Read More »DOD looks to secure Content delivery Network (CDN) services to stream its mission-critical and sensitive information
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a globally distributed network of web servers or Points of Presence (PoP) whose purpose is to provide faster content delivery. The content is replicated and stored throughout the CDN so the user can access the data that is stored at a location that is …
Read More »Wind power technology breakthroughs will enable it to play pivotal role in the world’s future Renewable energy supply
Renewable energy is at the centre of the transition to a less carbon-intensive and more sustainable energy system. Renewables have grown rapidly in recent years, accompanied by sharp cost reductions for solar photovoltaics and wind power in particular. The future development of wind power presents a significant opportunity in terms …
Read More »High Frequency Surface Wave Radars (HFSWR) for Ship detection and tracking far beyond the horizon
In recent years organized crime in maritime regions has flourished, threatening both secure flow of goods from Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and lives of participants in the marine operations. Security threats and humanitarian risks caused by trafficking (drugs, weapons, etc.), irregular transport of migrants, maritime terrorism or even piracy are …
Read More »DNA technology trends advancing from DNA profiling to portraying criminals using DNA data
DNA technology, the study and manipulation of genetic material has revolutionized modern science. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that contains the biological instructions that make each species unique. DNA, along with the instructions it contains, is passed from adult organisms to their offspring during reproduction. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), or an …
Read More »Future Climate-Smart and sustainable cities require Green ICT , Synthetic biology and other technologies
Cities are powerful engines of economic growth, however future cities have to face the challenges of mass urbanization, aging populations and the climate crisis and all three are accelerating. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and it is estimated 70 per cent of the world’s population …
Read More »Countries advance Border management Strategy and technology to counter terrorists, and criminals, smuggling weapons, and illegal drugs, and counterfeit goods
In an increasingly globalised and interconnected world it has become simple for people and goods to cross borders and so for terrorists. America’s borders and ports are busy places, with tens of millions of cargo containers and hundreds of millions of lawful travelers entering the country each year, while tens …
Read More »Threat of Radiological warfare, Radiological weapons and Dirty Bombs
The threats of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) hazards continue to advance. CBRN weapons are some of the most indiscriminate and deadly weapons in existence today, with capability to affect large population in wide geographical area and in short time. The release of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear …
Read More »Mass Surveillance methods linked to Intelligence agencies becoming extremely sophisticated, invisible and persistent
In the wake of recent terrorism attacks, we have witnessed a significant increase of the level of surveillance conducted by governments around the world. The terms “surveillance” and “spying” as used by NSA means, “government collection of private and personal information: address books, buddy lists, photos, phone numbers, web history, …
Read More »Supercomputers enable timely and relaible Weather Forecasting allowing DOD estimate impact on military operations and plan weather warfare
“A supercomputer takes very complex problems and breaks them down into parts that are worked on simultaneously by thousands of processors, instead of being worked on individually in a single system, like a regular computer. Thanks to parallel processing, researchers and scientists can generate insight much faster considering a laptop …
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