July, 2021

• 24 July

  DARPA FENCE Event-based imagers or neuromorphic camera

  

  An event camera, also known as a neuromorphic camera, silicon retina or dynamic vision sensor, is an imaging sensor that responds to local changes in brightness.  Event cameras do not capture images using a shutter as conventional cameras do. Instead, each pixel inside an event camera operates independently and asynchronously, …

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• 23 July

  Israel’s National Security and Military Strategy to achieve cost effective Innovation

  

  Israel is a small country surrounded by many enemies, facing many security threats. Iran  systematically and consistently threatens Israel via official statements by its leaders, army commanders and media.In 2012, the IRGC predicted a war that would destroy Israel, and in January 2019 the guard corps said it would destroy Israel. …

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• 23 July

  More Electric aircraft (MEA) and All Electric Aircraft to reduce carbon emissions, enhance energy efficiency and enable stealthy missions

  

  The civil global aviation market has experienced considerable economic growth in recent years and will keep increasing. It is estimated that around 1300 new international airports will be required, and the commercial aircraft fleet will double by 2050, with a projected passenger throughput of 7.2 billion in 2035. This growth …

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• 22 July

  Indian Govt. plans thrust on Internationalisation of higher education to enhance its innovation

  

  India climbed four spots on the Global Innovation Index 2020 and is now at 48th position in the list of top 50 innovative countries in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) annual ranking. India has been gradually improving it’s Global Innovation Index (GII), in 2016, India climbed 15 spots, from 81 …

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• 21 July

  Ceramics materials for Military Body and Vehicle  Armor and Aerospace applications

  

  A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and brick.   With such a large range of possible options for the composition/structure of a …

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• 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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