July, 2021

• 21 July

  British Army’s new Armoured Fighting Vehicle AJAX, will be its ‘eyes and ears’ on the battlefields

  

  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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• 21 July

  India gradually improving its innovation and competitiveness now needs to focus on disruptive and world beating innovations

  

  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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• 20 July

  Researchers employ biomimetics for design of perfect Drones for delivery services, Search and rescue to counter drone missions

  

  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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• 20 July

  Militaries test Stand-off smart anti-airfield weapon (SAAW) to destroy enemy runways

  

  Anti-runway penetration bombs are systems involving bombs or bomblets designed to disrupt the surface of an airfield runway and make it unusable for flight operations.   India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully test-fired an indigenous stand-off smart anti-airfield weapon (SAAW) in Jan 2021. Developed by Defence Research and …

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• 19 July

  Thermotronics aims to process information with Thermal networks and heat flows

  

  The control of electric currents in solids is at the origin of modern electronics which has revolutionised our daily life. The diode and the transistor introduced by Braun  and Bardeen and Brattain  are undoubtedly the corner stones of modern information technologies. Such devices allow for rectifying, switching, modulating, and even …

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• 19 July

  DARPA developing GPS backup and beyond Technologies for GPS denied and degraded environments

  

  The GPS system provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The Global Positioning System (GPS), is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of …

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• 19 July

  DARPA’s WiSPER program developing next generation spread spectrum based military tactical radio to enable secure high-bandwidth RF communications

  

  U.S. military researchers are asking industry to develop secure radio frequency (RF) transmitter and receiver technologies to enable the next generation of secure military tactical radio systems. Tactical communications is critical requirement of  military communications in which information of any kind, especially orders and military intelligence, are conveyed from one …

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• 18 July

  Green Battery Cells or Organic Batteries promises sustainable electrical energy storage future

  

  The amount of electricity consumed worldwide grows by the year, and so does the demand for energy storage solutions since many devices often operate in autonomous mode. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have been workhorse of  the consumer electronics market including portable electronics, implantable devices, power tools, hybrid/full electric vehicles (EVs) and …

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• 18 July

  India launches emerging technologies strategy

  

  The Digital India programme, launched in July 2015, is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision of transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy In line with the Honourable PM Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ensuring that technology is “accessible, affordable, and adds …

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• 18 July

  DARPA’s WARP developing wideband adaptive RF circuit technology to Protect Ultra-Wideband Military radios, radars and EW systems from Jamming

  

  The military uses the electromagnetic spectrum — essential, yet invisible — to detect, deceive and disrupt the enemy while protecting friendly forces. As enemies become more capable and threats more complex, controlling the spectrum is increasingly critical. However, today’s electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is a scarce resource that is becoming increasingly …

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