August, 2022

• 13 August

  Military optronics surveillance & sighting systems

  Optronics, surveillance and sighting systems allow defence forces to effectively locate, track, observe and engage a range of targets in land, airborne and maritime warfare domains both during daylight and after dark. These military-grade systems play a vital role in border security, base protection, patrol and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.    Unmanned systems have become an integral part of military forces worldwide, …

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• 13 August

  Cyber attacks on Power Grids and Nuclear plants will have devastate economy affecting millions of people and military operations

  

  Energy sector has become one of the attractive targets for cyber attackers. Hackers already target the energy sector more than any other part of U.S. critical infrastructure, according to the most recent government report. There are more reported cyber incidents in the energy industry than in healthcare, finance, transportation, water …

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• 12 August

  The Evolution of Fly-By-Wire Systems: Technologies, Challenges, and Safety Enhancements

  

  Introduction Fly-by-wire (FBW) technology has revolutionized modern aviation by replacing traditional mechanical and hydraulic control systems with digital flight control computers (DFCCs). Unlike conventional systems, which rely on direct mechanical linkages or hydraulic actuators between the pilot’s controls and the aircraft’s control surfaces, FBW systems use electronic signals to relay …

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• 12 August

  DARPA RCM building Resilience into Chemical Manufacturing from supply chain disruptions.

  The United States relies on chemical manufacturing to provide products ranging from everyday consumer goods (plastics, fabrics, adhesives, paints) to cutting edge technologies (medicines, electronic materials), industrial goods (dyes, pesticides) and military supplies (fuels, explosives). While many high-volume, petroleum-derived chemical feedstocks are produced domestically, much of the fine chemical manufacturing …

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• 11 August

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Additive Manufacturing (AM)

  Artificial intelligence (AI) and additive manufacturing (AM) are both disruptive new technologies. AI has entered many aspects of our lives, but has not been fully realized in the world of AM. Because of the vast amount of data and the digital nature of the technology, AM offers tremendous opportunities in …

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• 10 August

  Ultra-Wideband Underwater Backscatter via Piezoelectric Metamaterials

  

  Researchers are developing the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT), a worldwide network of smart interconnected underwater objects that would transmit data from existing and planned roaming, autonomous vehicles, and underwater sensor networks to networks above the surface in real-time.   DARPA launched the “Ocean of Things” program in 2017 to …

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• 9 August

  DARPA SCEPTER

  Militaries are facing complex operational and tactical environments such as the increasing challenge of non-state/lone actors; persistent rapid technological development along with its broad availability via the internet; and the advent and expansion of new domains of possible threat such as information systems, space, cyberspace, electronic warfare, and autonomous weapons. …

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• 9 August

  Growing Cyber threats to commercial aviation require cyber risk management, and resilient systems

  

  Cyber attacks are growing in number and sophistication affecting large corporations, critical infrastructures of all kinds, governments to SMEs, and increasingly the aviation industry.   Commercial aviation plays a central role in our daily lives and is an essential part of the national economy. The number of passengers rose from …

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• 8 August

  DARPA RTRA developing array processors reconfigurable with missions

  All modern personal computers including desktops, notebooks, smartphones, and tablets, are examples of general-purpose computers. General-purpose computing incorporates ‘Von Neumann’ approach, which states that an instruction fetch and a data operation cannot occur simultaneously. Therefore, being sequential machines, their performance is also limited.   On the other hand, we have …

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• 6 August

  Emerging Quantum data centers

  Quantum computing has the potential to create new machines that can vastly exceed the capabilities of today’s most powerful supercomputers. A quantum computer harnesses quantum mechanics to deliver huge leaps forward in processing power. Instead of the binary bits used by digital computers, quantum computers use qubits – subatomic particles …

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