Rajesh Uppal
January 3, 2021 Defense & Military, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Industry & Market Dynamics
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Since India established full diplomatic ties with Israel in 1992, relations between the two countries have grown at an astonishing pace, covering a wide range of issues from defence and homeland security, to agriculture and water management, and now education and even outer space. Both governments have taken a …
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Rajesh Uppal
January 3, 2021 Army & Land, Electronics & EW, Weapons & Munitions
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Weapon Locating Radars (WLR) are primarily used to detect and locate enemy Artillery units by tracking the trajectory of incoming rounds. They can also provide fire correction of friendly artillery units. WLRs usually can also track mortar shells and unguided rockets. Some WLRs also have limited missile tracking and Air …
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Rajesh Uppal
January 2, 2021 Comm. & Networking, Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, abbreviated as UAVs, are aircrafts without any human pilot onboard, mainly controlled and managed remotely or via embedded autonomous computer programs. UAVs are also popularly known as drones. Unique features of UAVs pertaining to high mobility in three-dimensional space, autonomous operation, flexible deployment tend to find appealing …
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Rajesh Uppal
January 2, 2021 Army & Land, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
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The US Army is looking into the possibility of adding electric vehicle technology to its fleet of wheeled vehicles. The subject of a draft white-paper proposal by the Army Futures and Concepts Center (FCC), the hope is to simplify maintenance while reducing the logistical problems connected with fossil fuels. …
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Rajesh Uppal
January 2, 2021 Defense & Military, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries
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The Indian and Chinese armies were locked in a bitter standoff in multiple locations in eastern Ladakh since may 2020. The tension escalated manifold after a violent clash in Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed. The Chinese side also suffered casualties but it is yet to …
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Rajesh Uppal
December 30, 2020 Electronics & EW, Nanotech
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While the conventional electronics like computers and smartphones is built around silicon integrating billions of transistors and is manufactured using complex, costly and wasteful processes in multi-billion dollar foundries , The printed and flexible electronics aim to replace this by “organic” semiconductors which are long chains of thousands of repeating …
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Rajesh Uppal
December 29, 2020 Cyber & IW, Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management
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The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is speeding up, and he criticized governments that have failed to establish reliable contact tracing to stop the spread of the coronavirus. According to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 10 …
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Rajesh Uppal
December 29, 2020 Electronics & EW, Material
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Transparent electronics is an emerging science and technology field focused on producing invisible electronic circuitry and opto-electronic devices. The transparent electronic devices and transparent electronic circuits have wide range of applications. Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCOs) and Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) are used in the production of transparent electronics. The progressions in …
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Rajesh Uppal
December 28, 2020 Cyber & IW, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries
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Cyber warfare has developed into a more sophisticated type of combat between countries, where you can destroy critical infrastructure such as power, telecommunications or banking by damaging the computer systems that control those infrastructures. It’s widely acknowledged that offensive cyberattacks will be a necessary component of any future military campaign, …
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Rajesh Uppal
December 27, 2020 AI & IT, Manufacturing, Material
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Military have large demand for smart materials and devices including smart self-repair, smart clothing such as cloaking suits, and adaptive hull structures for ships. Morphing aircraft are multi-role aircraft that change their external shape substantially to adapt to a changing mission environment during flight. This creates superior system capabilities not …
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