Category Weapons & Munitions

How DARPA’s LongShot Program is Revolutionizing Air Combat with Air-Launched Air-to-Air Missile Carrying Drones

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In the realm of modern aerial warfare, technological advancements are continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible. One such groundbreaking initiative is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program, which is paving the way for a new…...

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Laser Beam Combining: Advancing Laser Directed Energy Weapons with Wavelength and Spectral Precision

Introduction In the realm of modern warfare, laser directed energy weapons (LDEWs) are emerging as game-changing technologies. These weapons harness the power of lasers to deliver precision strikes and deliver high-energy beams to incapacitate or destroy targets. One critical aspect…...

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Super Capacitors: Powering Innovations from Electric Transport to Military Directed Energy Weapons

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Introduction: In the world of energy storage, supercapacitors have emerged as a game-changing technology. With their unique properties and capabilities, they are revolutionizing diverse sectors, ranging from electric transport to military applications like directed energy weapons. In this blog article,…...

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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics to Combat Terrorism on Social Media: Promoting Cross-Platform and Transnational Cooperation

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In today’s digital age, social media platforms have become powerful tools for communication, information sharing, and social interaction. However, they have also become breeding grounds for extremist ideologies and terrorist propaganda. To counter this alarming trend, the integration of Artificial…...

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Small Caliber Ammunition market

The vast majority of modern small arms use cartridges as ammunition. In the field of small-caliber ammunition, the terms ‘cartridge’ and ‘round’ are synonymous: both refer to a single complete unit of ammunition.   Components for small caliber ammunition The…...

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Directed Energy Weapons technology and Market trends

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Directed energy refers to a technology that produces a beam of concentrated electromagnetic energy, including microwaves, radio waves, lasers, and particle beams. Some of the common product variants include high-energy laser weapons, high-power radiofrequency or microwave devices, and charged or neutral…...

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Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) for countering Air, Missile and Hypersonic threats

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Militaries around the world are increasingly facing a formidable strategic and threat environment in terms of complexity, lethality, range, sophistication, and number of threats. These range from Fifth-generation stealth fighters, cruise and ballistic missile and unmanned air vehicle technology that…...

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Military employment of animals for Warfare

Throughout history animals have accompanied men into combat as modes of transport and communication, protectors and companions. They have fulfilled a variety of roles – from carrying men and munitions to evacuating the wounded, performing guard and sentry duties to carrying out…...

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Counter drone swarm technologies, required as drone swarms being employed for surveillance and delivering weaponized explosives

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Criminals have been using drones in a variety of ways. They use them to prepare house break-ins, observe larger targets, spot security gaps, and determine security guard patterns. Militant organizations have started employing drones to further their terrorism. The small…...

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DARPA MELT developing high energy lasers for directed energy weapons to counter drone swarms

Laser technology provides major advantages for military applications over kinetic weapons due to High precision and rapid on-target effect, precise and scalable effects, avoidance of collateral damage caused by fragmenting ammunition, Low logistics overhead, and minimum costs per firing.  …...

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