Category Critical & Emerging Technologies

New Smart Materials and technologies promise shape morfing devices from morphing Wings to robot swarms

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Military have large demand for smart materials and devices including smart self-repair, smart clothing such as cloaking suits, and adaptive hull structures for ships. Morphing aircraft are multi-role aircraft that change their external shape substantially to adapt to a changing…...

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Helicopter Pilots require Digital Night Vision Tech for Night Operations

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Pilots rely more on vision than on any other sense to orient  themselves in flight. The visual sense is especially important in collision avoidance and depth perception. A pilot’s vision sensors are the eyes generally are most accurate and reliable…...

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STK is AGI’s Multi-domain mission simulation software for simulating ground, sea, air, and space missions

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Traditional systems engineering approaches to air systems design have been upended by two trends – increasing complexity and accelerating delivery timelines. Digital mission engineering is essential to these new challenges, enabling a system integrator to redirect work from physical systems…...

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Global military textile demand , military requirements, technology trends, and large Market growth depending on testing as per Mil-specs

Mil Spec Outdoor Gear

Operation of Armed Forces personnel in harsh military terrains for extended tenure period necessitates protection from elements and battle hazards. Harsh military terrains exert profound effects on the physical and physiological performance of the soldiers and can impart serious health…...

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Li-Fi Technology promise to bring the Internet ot IoT Under the Sea and improve Navy’s Ship and submarine communications

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It is predicted that LEDs will be the ultimate light source in the near future powering indoor illumination, outdoor lamps, traffic signs, advertising displays, car headlights/taillights, etc. Now another technique  promises to double the utility of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by…...

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NASA’s Software Assurance through Software policies, engineering practices and software standards

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As computing devices become more pervasive, the software systems that control them have become increasingly more complex and sophisticated. Computers are increasingly being introduced into safety-critical systems, and, as a consequence, have been involved in accidents. The world has become reliant…...

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DARPA’s AISS program to develop tools for automatic design of secured System on Chip (SoC) for Military IoT

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A system on a chip or system on chip (SoC) is an integrated circuit (also known as a “chip”) that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system on a single circuit die. Similar to how a microcontroller…...

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DARPA’s Intent-Defined Adaptive Software (IDAS) seeks technologies to make DoD Software adaptive for ever-changing military mission demands

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The Department of Defense (DoD) is highly dependent on software. The increasing complexity and scale of this software is creating new attack surfaces for adversaries and reducing the DoD’s ability to react to new threats. Some examples of these complex…...

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Virtual design and construction (VDC ) is being used by companies around the world to improve business performance objectives like keeping projects on time and on schedule.

VDC

Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is a service that uses digital tools to create virtual models of buildings. These digital models are then evaluated before ground is even broken, allowing project teams to optimize the way a building is constructed.…...

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Phase estimation algorithms are key protocols for developing ultra sensitive and high resolution sensors

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We are in midst of the second quantum revolution moving from merely computing quantum properties of systems to exploiting them. Researchers are developing new capabilities in secure communication, ultra-sensitive and high signal to noise physical sensing of the environment and…...

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