Category Strategy, Policy & Governance

New sensor protection technologies to mitigate threat of growing laser designators and Directed Energy Weapons

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In recent years, high power fiber and semiconductor laser technology has improved rapidly, with power density increasing by an order of magnitude or more. Much of this increase has been driven by demand for industrial cutting machines and high-bandwidth, long-range…...

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India’s challenges and efforts to achieve its goal of Strategic autonomy

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India’s principle of “strategic autonomy” remains strong, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, drawing an equivalence in ties with Russia, the U.S. and China and cautioning against a “return to the age of great power rivalries,” at a conference in Singapore…...

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Syria, became test bed for high-tech Russian weapons and leading to increased Russian arms sales and new arms race

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The more than 6-year-old civil war in Syria has been a showcase for Russian-made arms. Russia has supported Assad and his forces, while the U.S. has helped moderate rebel groups and called for Assad to step down. “Syria is not a…...

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DARPA World Modelers to build Early Warning and Response System to rapidly build and analyze models of conflict and security

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Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) systems aim to: Identify the causes of a conflict, anticipate their outbreak, and mitigate their impact. The EWRS are mechanisms for preventing and addressing conflicts that focus on the systematic collection, processing and analysis…...

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Privatization of conflict with growth of multi-billion dollar industry of Private military firms, also has many contradictions and inherent issues

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Sometimes thought of as the invisible army, private military and security companies (PMSCs) are part of a global, multi-billion-dollar industry. Private military firms are businesses that provide military and security services for their employers and have legal status. This new…...

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Countries plan Arms Export Strategy for geo-political influence, bolstering defense industry and creating jobs

The United States remains the world’s top weapons seller, accounting for 34 percent of global arms sales over the past five years. Russia was the second-largest exporter with about 20 percent of all global arms deliveries, the Stockholm International Peace…...

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Countries developing bomb disposal robots having exceptional level of versatility, dexterity and diversity

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EOD operators or ammunition technical officers conduct some of the military’s most dangerous jobs, who has the daunting task of dismantling, defusing and disposing bombs and other explosive ordnance, often in the most hostile and challenging of environments. Making this job…...

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AFRL is seeking Multi-INT Fusion to implement US Airforce ISR strategy for A2/AD environments

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ISR is one of the  US Air Force’s five enduring core missions along with air and space superiority, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. AF ISR is integral to Global Vigilance for the nation and is foundational…...

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Space security cooperation between Canada, U.S., U.K. and Australia , to counter threats

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As the space is getting weaponized, countries are evolving new space strategies, space command and forces and space situational awareness and space weapons. There is also ongoing Space security cooperation between Canada, U.S., U.K. and Australia to counter the threats. In…...

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DARPA’s Insect Allies, enlists Insects to protect agricultural food supply, could be used for biological warfare, warn experts

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The life of a plant that we depend on for food, clean air, and materials are challenged by myriad threats, natural and man-made including Viruses, pests, fungi, herbicides, drought, pollution, salinity, flooding, and frost. These rapid or unexpected emergence of…...

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