Rajesh Uppal
March 22, 2023 Air Force & Aviation, Manufacturing, Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
1,109
US military is facing increasingly Anti-access /Area denial environment, a set of overlapping military capabilities and operations designed to slow the deployment of U.S. forces to a region, reduce the tempo of those forces once there, and deny the freedom of action necessary to achieve military objectives . “A2/AD capabilities …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 21, 2023 Global Risks & Future Threats, Manufacturing, Security & Threat Management
380
Critical infrastructure comprises facilities and assets that are essential for the normal functioning of day-to-day life within a country and range from energy and transportation to agriculture and public health. Extremists tend to view critical infrastructure as an attractive target to create chaos, and induce panic, fear, or terror …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 21, 2023 Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Industry & Market Dynamics
418
A neurovascular disorder is a condition that affects the blood supply in the brain or spinal cord. Neurovascular or cerebrovascular disease refers to all disorders in which an area of the brain is temporarily or permanently affected by bleeding or restricted blood flow. Restrictions in blood flow may occur …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 20, 2023 Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Manufacturing, Material
187
“Smart” materials are an emerging category of multifunctional materials with physical or chemical properties that can be controllably altered in response to an external stimulus. By combining the standard properties of the advanced material with the unique ability to recognize and adapt in response to a change in their environment, …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 20, 2023 Navy & Maritime, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
3,272
Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a a naval vessel across water. At present, 90% of the sea-going naval ship are diesel-powered. There are numerous benefits to electric motor propulsion including that it’s quieter, more efficient at lower speeds and less smelly. It’s …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 19, 2023 AI & IT, Photonics
545
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized, electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. Modern GPUs are very efficient at manipulating computer graphics and image processing. GPUs were traditionally tasked …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 19, 2023 Comm. & Networking, Photonics, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
348
An optical network is a communication system that uses light signals, instead of electronic ones, to send information between two or more points. The points could be computers in an office, large urban centers or even nations in the global telecommunications system. These include limited range local-area networks (LAN) or wide-area …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 18, 2023 AI & IT, Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Technology & Systems Management
109
Clinical research is medical research involving people. Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness (efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease. Clinical research …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 17, 2023 Cyber & IW, Strategy, Policy & Governance
663
The pandemic, which moved citizens’ lives into the digital sphere, saw a rise in security breaches within European businesses and institutions. Cyber attacks against key European sectors doubled in 2020. Significant malicious attacks against key sectors doubled in Europe – up to 304 incidents compared to 146 in 2019 – …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 16, 2023 Comm. & Networking, Cyber & IW
178
The New York Times reported that the US government has defined 5G competition as a “new arms race.” According to the report, “whichever country dominates 5G will gain an economic, intelligence and military edge for much of this century.” The transition to 5G is a revolution and “this will be …
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