January, 2019

• 29 January

  New technology to fight human and drug smuggling across maritime borders

  

  One of the threat of maritime security is human and drug smuggling across maritime borders. This is particularly important because terrorists may use similar pathways to sneak illegal weapons through the border or to deliver a dirty bomb to seaports.   There has been a noticeable growth in maritime criminal …

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• 28 January

  Cyber Red teaming or penetration testing uncovers the vulnerabilities of an organisation, NEC develops automated tool

  

  Cyberattacks are being conducted daily on any type of target, and any notion that a state of full cyber security can be reached is a mere illusion. Cybersecurity is about managing risks and to ascertain that, to a certain extent, proper procedures and adequate security measures are being taken. Exposed …

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• 26 January

  Researchers developing efficient Vision Aided Navigation for UAV in GPS-Denied environments like building, underground or under the forest canopy

  

  UAV navigation can be seen as a process that robots make a plan on how to safely and quickly reach the target location, which mostly relies on current environment and location. In order to successfully complete the scheduled mission, a UAV must be fully aware of its states, including location, …

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• 26 January

  DARPA’s CHASE to automate cybersecurity across the large, distributed Department of Defense, Enterprise Network

  

  Secure networks are vital to U.S. military operations at all levels and are a source of tactical, operational and strategic advantages. They provide the capability to acquire, move and process massive amounts of information, make decisions rapidly and command distributed forces on an unparalleled scale.   However, Networks within the …

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• 25 January

  DARPA A-PhI to use photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for developing compact atomic clocks and gyroscopes in GPS denied environments

  

  U.S. military researchers are asking industry to develop relatively simple portable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for high-performance position, navigation, and timing (PNT) devices as an alternative to the Global Positioning System (GPS) for when GPS signals are not available.   Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) is a critical resource for …

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• 24 January

  Claytronics envision millions of cooperating robot modules that could morph into different shapes to serve multiple purposes

  

  Claytronics is an abstract concept that exists at the intersection of nanotechnology, computer science and robotics. It is concerned with the development of autonomous robots, the size of a few nanometres. These nano-robots, called Claytronic atoms or catoms, can interact with each other to form three dimensional, dynamic objects that …

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• 21 January

  New programming languages for quantum computers that take full advantage of the computers’ capabilities

  

  Quantum computing and quantum information processing are next revolutionary technology expected to have immense impact. Quantum information technologies, such as quantum computers, cryptography, radars, clocks, and other quantum systems, rely on the properties of quantum mechanics, which describes the behavior of matter at the subatomic scale. For example, by taking advantage …

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• 19 January

  US AFRL developing next generation RF sensor technologies effective in jamming environments

  

  The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a new Distributed Radio Frequency Sensing (DRS) contract to Altamira Technologies for next-generation radio frequency (RF) sensing technologies.   Valued at $24.6m, the new cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will continue for a period of five years and will support the development of new …

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• 17 January

  UAVs are proving to be disruptive technology for disaster planning, response and relief operations

  

  A disaster can be defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes, floods, accidents, fires, or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic, social or cultural life of people. Over the past two decades, the impact of disasters …

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• 16 January

  Graphene photonics for next generation optical communications, high speed Internet, Nanosatellites and ultrasensitive night vision for military

  

  Cloud computing allows application software and services to be delivered from large server farms in data centers over the Internet.  As more and more people use Cloud services, more and more data are created that need to be stored, transmitted and processed. This explosion of data requires larger and larger …

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