Category Defence & Military Systems

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technologies for surveillance, and anti-submarine warfare missions

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An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot that travels underwater without requiring input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned underwater vehicles, a classification that includes non-autonomous remotely operated underwater…...

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DARPA MACH & HEAT developing rugged high temperature materials RF radome & IR window for hypersonic vehicles

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The era of hypersonic flight had arrived. Countries are developing future hypersonic Spaceplanes , enabling  intercontinental travel at very high speeds, that could  cut the journey times from the UK to Australia from the current duration of around 20 hours…...

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fire control system

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A fire-control system (sometimes called FCS) is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director, and radar, which is designed to assist a ranged weapon system in targeting, tracking, and hitting its target. It performs…...

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Cyber attacks on Port facilities can cause disruptions to Shipping operations

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Maritime networks have become an attractive playground for hackers, with cyber-attacks on vessel OT networks and systems increasing by 900% over the past three years.  A ship’s onboard information technology and operational technology systems can be hacked just as easily…...

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New Airport Security technology breakthroughs combatting increasingly complex threat environment

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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…...

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Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) technologies revolutionizing healthcare, telemedicine and Real time Soldier health Monitoring

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A new paradigm, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), has an extensive applicability in numerous areas, including healthcare. IoT stands for the “Internet of Things.” It refers to the network of physical devices, vehicles, appliances, and other items that are…...

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Militaries developing Lethal, extremely maneuverable, Autonomous and stealthy Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV)

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The  armed drones like MQ-1 Predator and its larger  cousin, MQ-9 Reaper, dual intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance-strike platforms have been highly successful against non-state actors as part of the counterterrorism fight. A MQ-1 Predator UAVs armed with Hellfire missiles have…...

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Soft Robotics for ocean exploration and reconnaissance missions of Navy

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Most of the ocean is unknown. Yet we know that the most challenging environments on the planet reside in it. Understanding the ocean in its totality is a key component for the sustainable development of human activities and for the…...

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Fluidic Propulsive System most silent propulsion for future Drones & Aircraft

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In traditional aircraft design, airframes and engines are designed separately and bolted together. This leads to inefficiencies due to additional drag. The approach also leads to propulsive inefficiencies via non-distributed propulsion. Hovering and VTOL requirements introduce even more complexity, size…...

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Japan plans F-35A and F-35B induction, indigenous stealth fighter and Hypersonic Weapons to counter Chinese J-20 deployment

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The security environment of  Japan and the whole region is threatened by expanding military and assertiveness of China and the testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by North Korea.   Tensions between Japan and China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands…...

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