Rajesh Uppal
May 21, 2022 AI & IT, Comm. & Networking, Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
200
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have received extensive attention in recent years as a rapidly emerging and disruptive technology to improve safety and efficiency of current road transportation systems. Most of the existing and under development AVs rely on local sensors, such as cameras and lidars, to perceive the environment and interact …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 21, 2022 Critical & Emerging Technologies, Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management
1,369
Cities have become the new battleground and Hybrid or Urban Warfare the greatest threat being waged by ISIS to Boko Haram to Hamas to Ukraine rebels. Boko Haram is carrying out its urban terror campaign against the Nigerian Army and its allies. In the Paris attacks, two teams of lightly armed …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 19, 2022 Comm. & Networking
425
Conventional modem designs can be termed as ‘fixed-function’ modems ‘ because almost all modem functionality in these modems are implemented in silicon resulting in large die sizes and limited flexibility. As the number and complexity of air interfaces increase, so does the challenge involved in planning, designing, manufacturing, testing and …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 17, 2022 Comm. & Networking, Material
3,661
Wireless electronic systems have been relying on dish antennas to send and receive signals. These systems have been widely used where directivity is important and many of those systems work well at a relatively low cost after years of optimization. These dish antennas having a mechanical arm to rotate the …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 14, 2022 Nanotech, Photonics
1,311
Optics & Electro-Optics areas through areas like Day vision, Night Vision, Thermal Imaging are playing vital role in warfare due to their high resolution and covert passive operation. The Infrared Search and Track system uses the heat or infrared radiation emitted by the target to provide passive means of detecting …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 13, 2022 AI & IT, Space Technology, Defense & Exploration, Technology & Systems Management
1,127
Satellite communications represent a cost effective and reliable means of transporting voice, video and data to and from remote locations. The satellite industry is one of those industries where network management plays a key role. Therefore, the requirements for network management solutions for the satellite market are usually very stringent. For …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 13, 2022 Comm. & Networking, Space Technology, Defense & Exploration
566
Historically, the evolution of the modem technology has been exclusively focused on purpose-built solutions with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), CPU, FPGAs, discrete components, and/or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC); and combined with implementation code targeted for the custom hardware environment to deliver a limited set of capabilities and …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 12, 2022 AI & IT, Comm. & Networking, Electronics & EW
942
The information and communication technology industry is today faced with a global challenge: develop new services with improved quality of service (QoS) and at the same time reduce its environmental impact. In addition, the development towards 5G and Beyond (B5G) technologies, the exponential growth in the number of connected objects …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 11, 2022 Photonics, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
459
Wireless power transfer (WPT), wireless power transmission, wireless energy transmission (WET), or electromagnetic power transfer is the transmission of electrical energy without wires as a physical link. In a wireless power transmission system, a transmitter device, driven by electric power from a power source, generates a time-varying electromagnetic field, which …
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Rajesh Uppal
May 10, 2022 Human & Soldier Systems, Photonics
867
For decades U.S. warfighters have benefitted from advanced night-vision technology, allowing pilots to fly low-level missions on pitch-black nights and ground forces to conduct operations against adversaries in the dark. Traditional Night Vision Goggle (NVG) systems provide the wearer with enhanced visibility in low-light conditions by exploiting the natural near-infrared …
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