Rajesh Uppal
July 28, 2021 Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Defense & Military
3,219
Synthetic biology is the application of science, technology and engineering to facilitate and accelerate the design, manufacture and/or modification of genetic materials in living organisms, as defined by the European Commission. It envisions the redesign of natural biological systems for greater efficiency, as well as create new organisms as well as …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 25, 2021 Cyber & IW
510
Cyberspace is essential to all Air Force (AF) missions. It is a domain in which, from which, and through which AF missions are performed. Actions in cyberspace can have digital, kinetic, and human effects. Increasingly, the cyberspace domain is contested and/or denied. Yet our ability to address opportunities and threats …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 24, 2021 Photonics
1,852
An event camera, also known as a neuromorphic camera, silicon retina or dynamic vision sensor, is an imaging sensor that responds to local changes in brightness. Event cameras do not capture images using a shutter as conventional cameras do. Instead, each pixel inside an event camera operates independently and asynchronously, …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 23, 2021 Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Strategy, Policy & Governance
588
Israel is a small country surrounded by many enemies, facing many security threats. Iran systematically and consistently threatens Israel via official statements by its leaders, army commanders and media.In 2012, the IRGC predicted a war that would destroy Israel, and in January 2019 the guard corps said it would destroy Israel. …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 23, 2021 Air Force & Aviation, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
2,026
The civil global aviation market has experienced considerable economic growth in recent years and will keep increasing. It is estimated that around 1300 new international airports will be required, and the commercial aircraft fleet will double by 2050, with a projected passenger throughput of 7.2 billion in 2035. This growth …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 22, 2021 Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Industry & Market Dynamics, Strategy, Policy & Governance
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India climbed four spots on the Global Innovation Index 2020 and is now at 48th position in the list of top 50 innovative countries in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) annual ranking. India has been gradually improving it’s Global Innovation Index (GII), in 2016, India climbed 15 spots, from 81 …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 21, 2021 Industry & Market Dynamics, Manufacturing, Material
3,124
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and brick. With such a large range of possible options for the composition/structure of a …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 21, 2021 Army & Land, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries
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Ajax is the British Army’s new multi-role, fully-digitised armoured fighting vehicle delivering a step-change in versatility and agility. The AJAX platform will be the ‘eyes and ears’ of the British Army on the battlefields of the future. Ajax promises dramatically greater firepower, manoeuvrability and survivability than its predecessor — CVR …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 21, 2021 Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Industry & Market Dynamics
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The Global Competitiveness Index is released by the World Economic Forum(WEF). It was launched in 1979. It ranks the competitiveness landscape of 141 economies through 103 indicators organised into 12 pillars. These 12 pillars are (1) Institutions (2) Infrastructure (3) ICT adoption (4) Macroeconomic stability (5) Health (6) Skills (7) …
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Rajesh Uppal
July 20, 2021 Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
441
Unmanned aerial vehicle technology is advancing rapidly, and drones are getting smaller by the day. Militaries are now employing Micro, Mini & Nano UAVs into their operations. They provide situational awareness to a small group of soldiers by flying several stories above them for 10-20 minutes at a time before …
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