Category Defence & Military Systems

US Navy seeking new technologies for Gun-launched guided projectile (GLGP) or Hypervelocity projectile (HVP)

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Gun-launched guided projectile (GLGP), previously known as the hypervelocity projectile (HVP) is the new weapon of US Navy that could improve the ability of Navy surface ships to defend themselves against missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and surface craft.  …...

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USAF Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO) program developed Cyber Mission Platforms, Cyber Weapons Platform & Command and Control Mission System

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The Department of Defense (DOD) defines cyberspace as a global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures and resident data, including the internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers. The…...

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China’s Missile Arsenal of hypersonic, long range land-attack, air to air , and carrier killer missiles has propelled China as a major military power

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“The greatest military threat to U.S. vital interests in Asia may be one that has received somewhat less attention: the growing capability of China’s missile forces to threaten U.S. bases in the region,” write Thomas Shugart and Javier Gonzalez in…...

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Rising threat of Mine Warfare with development of stealthy, smart, maneuverable and networked sea mines

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Traditional navies as well as maritime terrorists can and have used mines and underwater improvised explosive devices (UWIEDs) to challenge military and commercial uses of the seas. Mines have been utilized in defensive capabilities, such as denying access into a…...

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Reaper and Global Hawks being modernized to defeat A2 / AD environment through long range high-resolution sensors and cybersecurity

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Current unmanned aircraft – including the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-4 Global Hawk have excelled against terrorists, both for near-persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and strike capability for Reapers and Predators. This was partly due to the permissive environments…...

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DARPA Angler project seeking autonomous deep-diving unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) for surveying and combat missions

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Deep sea reach is important to Navies which can collect the information about enemy submarines as well as carry out their own operations undetected. China continues to make progress in deep sea exploration following the three-month mission of a new…...

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Reemergence of Underground Warfare, hard and deeply buried targets (HDBTs) Vs Earth-Penetrating weapons (EPW)

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Military studies have shown that adversaries have shifted to the use of underground bunkers to protect against the U.S. military’s precision strike capabilities that combine satellite navigation with guided missiles and bombs. To counter American precision strikes, China, Russia, North…...

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Laser beam combining technologies are enabling High power Laser directed energy weapons on Trucks, Warships and Airplanes

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Among the uses of Laser directed energy weapons (DEW) systems are providing very short-range air defense capability, close-in protection for naval vessels, counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and protecting friendly forces from mortar and artillery attack. Laser require a power of the…...

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US Navy’s SEWIP program continuously upgrading its shipboard electronic warfare system to keep pace with threats

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Naval Warships now faces wide spectrum of threats from air threats such as hypersonic missiles, ballistic and cruise missiles, rail guns, lasers , UAVs  and underwater threats like cavitating torpedoes.  One of the prime over water threat is from Anti-Ship…...

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Russia deployed family of killer robots, for combat and demining in Syria and for counter terrorism operations

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Countries like US, Russia and china are racing to deploy combat robots and drones on the battlefield and are investing in their research and development to have a military edge over other countries. Various militaries are fielding unmanned systems for surveillance,…...

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