November, 2021

• 10 November

  DARPA ADAPTER developing bioelectric implant or ‘travel adapter’, which will OnDemand restore normal sleep and soldiers’ performance

  

  Businessmen are traveling longer distances to meet potential clients, launch new projects, and negotiate deals, but traveling comes with poor sleep and jet lag. Science tells us jet lag causes everything from headaches to irritability, poor decision making, and loss of concentration. Warfighters are travelers and thus suffer from travelers’ …

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• 10 November

  Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Through Health and Well-Being

  

  Since the start of the Covid pandemic,  as early research has indicated, the impact of social isolation and other life stressors on mental health has led to an increase in depression and anxiety. This can result in declines in social cohesion and social capital and can increase an individual’s willingness …

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• 8 November

  Countries developing Strategies and Tactics for warfighting for Information Warfare

  

  A rapidly increasing percentage of the world’s population is connected to the global information environment. The new information age has seen rise of social media, bloggers, smartphones, plethora of cable and satellite news channels. It can also be seen in the ongoing Internet of things revolution, the internetworking of physical …

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• 8 November

  DARPA IP2 seeks In Pixel Intelligent Processing tech

  

  The AIE program is one key element of DARPA’s broader AI investment strategy that will help ensure the U.S. maintains a technological advantage in this critical area. Past DARPA AI investments facilitated the advancement of “first wave” (rule based) and “second wave” (statistical learning based) AI technologies. DARPA-funded R&D enabled …

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• 7 November

  Laser ignition technology to enable scramjet propulsion for Hypersonic aircraft and spacecraft

  Vehicles propelled by rocket engines are commonly called rockets. Rocket vehicles carry their own oxidizer, unlike most combustion engines, so rocket engines can be used in a vacuum to propel spacecraft and ballistic missiles. Compared to other types of jet engines, rocket engines are the lightest and have the highest …

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• 6 November

  DARPA SocialSim developing effective Information warfare analysis tools for social media

  

  A rapidly increasing percentage of the world’s population is connected to the global information environment. At the same time, the information environment is enabling social interactions that are radically changing how and at what rate information spreads. Both nation-states and nonstate actors have increasingly drawn upon this global information environment …

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• 5 November

  Geopolitics now encompasses military, economic, technological, to Industry domains

  

  The words geopolitical, strategic, and geostrategic are used to convey the following meanings: geopolitical reflects the combination of geographic and political factors determining the condition of a state or region, and emphasizing the impact of geography on politics; strategic refers to the comprehensive and planned application of measures to achieve …

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• 4 November

  Human Security and Science & Technology

  

  For many people, today’s world is an insecure place, full of threats on many fronts. Protracted crises, violent conflicts, natural disasters, persistent poverty, epidemics and economic downturns impose hardships and undercut prospects for peace, stability, and sustainable development. Such crises are complex, entailing multiple forms of human insecurity. When they …

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• 4 November

  USAF’s ISR dominance strategy for A2/AD environments based on disruptive technologies and the use of multi-role, cross-domain ISR collection capabilities

  

  The U.S. military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia. This implication by the National Defense Strategy Commission stands in contrast to the past several decades during which the U.S. possessed military power without equal. A key capability to …

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• 3 November

  ‘Space-as-a-service’, ‘Satellite-as-a-service’ and ‘Space Data as a Service’ are new buisness models of Space Industry

  

  The modern space industry is witnessing exponential growth in small satellite and nanosatellite areas. Nanosatellite and microsatellite refer to miniaturized satellites in terms of size and weight, in the range of 1-10 Kg and 10-100 kg, respectively. ‘CubeSat’ is one of the most popular types of miniaturized satellites. These are …

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