Category Security & Threat Management

Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management, Weapons & Munitions

Growing Threat of Non Lethal Weapons including Laser Dazzlers and Tasers employed by Military and Security to disorient, temporary blind or set to fire the adversaries

Recently the Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs), especially laser DEWs are being developed as non lethal weapons. DEW is a system that uses Directed Energy primarily as a means to incapacitate, damage, disable or destroy enemy equipment, facilities and/or personnel. Directed…...

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Rajesh Uppal
July 23, 2020

AI & IT, Defence & Military Systems, Security & Threat Management

Departments of Defense developed Cloud-based biosurveillance ecosystem to warn of coming pandemics

The threats of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) hazards continue to advance. CBRN weapons are some of the most indiscriminate and deadly weapons in existence today, with capability to affect large population in wide geographical area and in…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 8, 2020

Security & Threat Management, Space Technology, Defense & Exploration

MEOSAR, the Global Search and Rescue (SAR) service has become reality, could avoid accidents in sea,land, air, and now in space

Search and Rescue (SAR) is receiving a lot of attention recently due to several high-profile incidents on land, in the air and at sea. Flight MH370 left Kuala Lumpur was bound for Beijing in March 2014 when it disappeared, with…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 3, 2020

Air Force & Aviation, Security & Threat Management

Why technology was unsuccessful in finding MH370 which disappeared in 2014, New mission to find MH370 is planned to be launched

Flight MH370 left Kuala Lumpur was bound for Beijing in March 2014 when it disappeared, with 239 people on board. Even after the largest and most expensive search in aviation history, to date, neither any confirmed debris from the aircraft…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 2, 2020

Photonics, Security & Threat Management

Quantum cascade laser (QCL) critical component for standoff chemical warfare agent detection and Direct Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) systems

The quantum cascade laser is a special kind of semiconductor laser, usually emitting in the mid- and long-wave infrared bands. Such a laser operates on laser transitions not between different electronic bands but on intersubband transitions of a semiconductor structure. Their…...

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Rajesh Uppal
May 27, 2020

Photonics, Security & Threat Management

Distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) are superb for infrastructure and earthquake monitoring

The fiber optic sensors also called as optical fiber sensors use optical fiber or sensing element. These Sensors can measure a large variety of parameters, such as temperature, pressure, strain, refractive index, vibrations, displacements, bending, loading, and liquid level or…...

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Rajesh Uppal
May 23, 2020

Navy & Maritime, Security & Threat Management

Auxiliary ships for Afloat support sealift capacity is decisive in maintaining the wide spectre of current naval operations around the globe

Auxiliary ships are vital to maintaining a strong and efficient naval fleet. They are designed to perform multiple roles to effectively support combatant ships in and out of battle, as well as complete other similar naval operations. Although auxiliaries assist…...

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Rajesh Uppal
May 22, 2020

Nanotech, Security & Threat Management

Nanotechnology based sensors for rapid, sensitive and reliable detection of explosives

In recent years, spread of terrorism has assumed an alarming proportion across the globe, because of the simplicity and variety of schemes by which these explosive-based weapons can be deployed causing enormous damage to public safety and environmental pollution. This…...

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Rajesh Uppal
May 20, 2020

Global Risks & Future Threats, Human & Soldier Systems, Photonics, Security & Threat Management, Weapons & Munitions

Militaries looking for anti-laser weapon defences as laser DEW threats to airline pilots, soldiers and military vehicles is rising

Laser attacks targeting pilots and air crews are a major concern across the world with most attacks reported to take place during take-off and landing. According to figures from the US Federal Aviation Authority, there were 6,753 laser illuminations reported in…...

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Rajesh Uppal
April 29, 2020

Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management

Global threat of landmines and IED that kill thousands of people every year require new technologies for detection

Landmines are a global threat. Several countries suffer from the existence of millions of buried landmines in their territories. These landmines have indefinite life, and may still cause horrific personal injuries and economic dislocation for decades after a war has…...

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Rajesh Uppal
April 28, 2020