Category Defence & Military Systems

Modern Bigdata Battlefield requires rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Computers and Servers

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Military is increasingly looking to commercial ICT devices like Smartphones and tablets and they are rapidly making their way into military operations. Modern ICT devices can provide  “information superiority” to military by providing information with  greater timeliness, relevance, accuracy, and comprehensiveness than…...

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Joint Multi-Role (JMR) helicopter program demonstrations to mature technology for future vertical lift (FVL) program

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The US  Army is pursuing plans to develop a family of future vertical lift aircraft that will be able to perform a variety of mission sets. Key to that effort is a technology maturation program which has Bell and a…...

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Embedded AI or Tiny AI, the next revolution in embedded systems and Military internet of things (MIOT)

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The general definition of AI is the capability of a computer system to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition and decision-making. Machine Learning (ML) is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence which attempts to endow…...

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US DOD launch new innovation models and initiatives to sustain and advance America’s military dominance for the 21st century

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Decades of innovation — driven almost entirely by DoD and the Defense Industrial Base — have kept the United States at the forefront of modern military capability.  Further the free-market structure of the economy, vibrant venture capital ecosystems, world-class universities,…...

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US Army developing next generation small arms including Squad Automatic Rifle capable of accurately defeating current and future threats

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The U.S. Army is currently evaluating a new small arms systems that could give their warfighters a serious edge, including squad weapon and sniper rifle. The Army is rolling along on multiple fronts in the small arms department, ranging from area…...

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Growing Threat of Non Lethal Weapons including Laser Dazzlers and Tasers employed by Military and Security to disorient, temporary blind or set to fire the adversaries

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Recently the Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs), especially laser DEWs are being developed as non lethal weapons. DEW is a system  that uses Directed Energy primarily as a means to incapacitate, damage, disable or destroy enemy equipment, facilities and/or personnel. Directed…...

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Navies are testing Unmanned Autonomous vessels for COLREGs ( International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea )

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Autonomous vessels are one of the newest things in marine technology and many large organizations and companies are currently researching and testing unmanned vessels. There is a possibility that in a few years we will see unmanned vessels sailing in…...

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Supercapacitors critical components in Laser Directed Energy Weapons, Railguns and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)

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Batteries are preferably to be used under circumstances where there is no possibility for charging, and besides this, in fields where it is important to store energy given the smaller mass and volume. Military applications of batteries include radio appliances,…...

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Laser directed energy weapons technology breakthroughs enable them to be deployed on Trucks, Warships and Airplanes

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The Laser Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) offer a transformational ‘game changer’ to counter asymmetric and disruptive threats, while facing increasingly sophisticated traditional challenges. Laser technology provides major advantages for military applications over kinetic weapons due to High precision and rapid…...

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Next Robot revolution are robots with smart skin that can touch and feel

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Robots have already become an indispensable part of our lives. Robots have revolutionized auto manufacturing, making plants safer and products more reliable — and reducing the number of people involved in the process. However, even inside a modern auto plant,…...

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