Category Navy & Maritime

Naval Combat and Combat Management Systems (NCMS) being upgraded to handle new maritime security threats

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Recent years have seen multiple new security challenges emerge in the maritime arena. Navies, coast guards and other maritime security agencies face a proliferation of security challenges. These include: illegal fishing of territorial waters; incursion of mineral exploitation across legal…...

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US Navy biologists creating GM bacteria capable of detecting enemy ships and submarines.

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US Naval Research Laboratory (Naval Research Laboratory, NRL)  has  allocated $ 45 million for the implementation of a program to study the prospects for the use of genetic engineering for the navy. Part of the program was the development of genetically…...

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Researchers looking to fishes for designing biomimetic systems for flexible Armor, faster aircraft and camouflaging skin

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It was in the oceans that life first evolved and where complex animals have thrived for over 600 million years. Marine animals survive in environments as diverse as tropical coral reefs, polar ice-capped oceans, and the lightless abyssal depths, says…...

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Countries developing Underwater LIDAR imaging systems for rapid wide-area anti-mine and anti-submarine operations

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Currently, the most widely used technology to detect underwater objects  is sound navigation and ranging (SONAR), because acoustic waves can  penetrate the water depths to the bottom of the sea. SONAR also suffers from unwanted multipass echoes that are due…...

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Shipping companies and US Navy experimenting with drones for delivering cargo autonomously

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Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which are going through a massive development phase, are finding their purpose in the shipping industry as well. In the shipping industry, drones have typically been used for security, environmental surveillance, emergency response, search and rescue…...

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China AI enabled, ultraquiet diesel and nuclear ballistic missile submarines with capability to strike Hawaii and Alaska, has graduated to major naval power

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China has boosted its submarine force over the last 20 years, building a modern, flexible force that now has more total ships than the US. The force currently numbers 56 subs – four nuclear-powered missile subs, five nuclear-powered attack subs,…...

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US Navy found Faulty Welding in Submarine Missile Tubes, developing non-destructive weld inspection methods

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In 2000, a Russian cruise-missile submarine — Kursk — sank, killing all 118 sailors on board. The Russian government concluded the ship sunk due to a faulty weld which caused a gas leak and led to an explosion.   The…...

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Navies exploring Biomimetics, Bio-inspired mechanisms to improve military underwater sensing, control and communications systems

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“It was in the oceans that life first evolved and where complex animals have thrived for over 600 million years. Marine animals survive in environments as diverse as tropical coral reefs, polar ice-capped oceans, and the lightless abyssal depths,” says…...

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New technology to fight human and drug smuggling across maritime borders

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One of the threat of maritime security is human and drug smuggling across maritime borders. This is particularly important because terrorists may use similar pathways to sneak illegal weapons through the border or to deliver a dirty bomb to seaports.…...

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Nanotechnology has potential to revolutionize maritime and naval warfare environment

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Nanotechnology deals with the understanding, control and manufacture of matter in the nanoscale regime, usually between 1 nm to 100 nm, and exploiting them for a useful application. At this length scale unique properties and phenomena arise as a result…...

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