Military today is more reliant on space than ever before including ISR, Electronic warefare, Communications, Command and control and ballistic Missile defence. The joint warfighter uses space to satisfy an ever expanding and diverse set of requirements such as cutting the fog and friction of war or to enable net-centric …
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August, 2020
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17 August
US adding space-based computing and analytic capabilities to Space Sensors for Ballistic and Hypersonic missile defence
US, Russia and China are in race for Hypersonic Weapons that shall provide prompt global strike capability. Russia’s Avangard hypersonic missile system became operational in Dec 2019, defence minister Sergey Shoygu has said. The intercontinental weapon can fly 27 times the speed of sound and, unlike a regular missile warhead, …
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16 August
Military developing Free Space Optical(FSO) or Laser communications for ultrafast secure communications that are harder to detect and disrupt
Free Space Optical or Laser communications is creating a new communications revolution, that by using visible and infrared light instead of radio waves for data transmission is providing large bandwidth, high data rate, license free spectrum, easy and quick deployability, low mass and less power requirement. It also offers low …
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16 August
DARPA’s SHIELD developed technologies for secure reliable authentication for ICs subject to hardware Trojans, cloning, counterfeit or recycling in Military systems that pose critical National Security Risk
Outsourcing of integrated circuit (IC) and printed circuit board (PCB) design, fabrication, packaging, and testing have dramatically reduced the time and cost of product development. In doing so, this has enabled the widespread availability of microelectronics, which has indeed transformed modern life. However, unintended consequences include malicious design alteration (i.e., …
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15 August
Threats to ICT supply chains including Counterfeit electronic components and Hardware Trojans present critical risk to military and security systems
Information and communications technology, encompassing digital services and infrastructure, cybersecurity and software, is ubiquitous throughout the economy and society. As the digital transformation gathers pace, the number and complexity of ICT services is accelerating. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) relies on a complex, globally distributed, and interconnected supply chain …
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13 August
New technologies enable Very Long Range Air-to-Air missiles to reach targets at longer ranges, with heavier payloads and with greater precision
The Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) is a potent guided missile that changed the shape of aerial combat forever. Capable of destroying fast and maneuverable jet fighters at ranges sometimes exceeding 100 kilometers, these high-tech weapons dominate the skies. The probability of Aerial dogfights are becoming less in modern times, as US …
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13 August
Error-correction in Quantum Computers using Machine learning and Neural Networks proving successful strategy
‘The development of a “quantum computer” is one of the outstanding technological challenges of the 21st century. A quantum computer is a machine that processes information according to the rules of quantum physics, which govern the behaviour of microscopic particles at the scale of atoms and smaller said Dr Chris …
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12 August
US Army demonstrates Manned-Unmanned Teaming capability for gaining Air Superiority in A2/AD Environment
US military is facing increasingly Anti-access /Area denial environment, a set of overlapping military capabilities and operations designed to slow the deployment of U.S. forces to a region, reduce the tempo of those forces once there, and deny the freedom of action necessary to achieve military objectives . Unmanned Air …
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11 August
Niobium is one of the strategic minerals Deemed Critical to U.S. National Security and the Economy
The Department of the Interior published on May 18, 2018, a list of 35 mineral commodities considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States. These minerals have been designated as critical to the US’s national interest in part because of their potential military and industrial applications. …
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6 August
Raytheon’s Excalibur is all weather smart artillery that triples the range and can strike moving targets with high precision
The Excalibur smart artillery shell has a ruggedized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation receiver and uses satellite signals to help guide itself to its intended targets. It first was fielded in Iraq in 2007 for urban or complex-terrain engagements in which collateral damage must be kept to a minimum. …
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