Big Data… Latest Engineering Trends in Surface Combatants’ Design and Construction 6 May 202026 May 2020 (Published IndRastra Global 06 May 2020.) https://www.indrastra.com/2020/05/Latest-Engineering-Trends-in-Surface-Combatants-Design-006-05-2020-0002.html Next-generation Propeller Design The development of warships has been guided by the need for speed, range, firepower, and survivability at sea. However, to…
AI… 5. Indian perspective on massive damage potential of advanced military technologies 21 Apr 202026 May 2020 Sanatan Kulshrestha (Book Chapter published in The impact of artificial intelligence on strategic stability and nuclear risk volume iii South Asian perspectives edited by Petr Topychkanov. SIPRI. April 2020. https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/other-publications/impact-artificial-intelligence-strategic-stability-and-nuclear-risk-volume-iii-south-asian…
Ammunition… Sensitive Evolution of Insensitive Munitions 25 Dec 2019 Published Indrastra Global 24 Dec 2019 Everyone was stunned by the explosion and the shrapnel that hit all about the island…. Both twin agent units [full of flame-retardant foam] were…
Big Data… Big Data: Need for Exploiting Potential for Indian Navy 20 Feb 2019 Published SP's Military Year Book 2018, Pg-97 "Data really powers everything that we do." Jeff Weiner, CEO, LinkedIn The oceans are complex mediums whose nature provides ample opportunity for an…
Armament… Nanotechnology Massive Potential to Disrupt Military Applications 20 Feb 2019 15 Sep 2017-SP -1-MYB 2018 Published SP's Military Year Book 2018-Pg 73 “You only have to look at how IT made a huge difference to both the US economy and…
Defence Technology… Evolution and Role of Naval UAVs 4 Dec 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in special edition of Economic Times, India on 04 Dec 2017) Earliest mention of a drone/unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Naval context is found in 1917, when the…
Big Data… Big Data Analytics in Indian Navy 14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published IndraStra Global 16 Aug 2017) “The single most effective thing you can do right now to improve the security of your computer is unplug it from the Internet.…
Afghanistan… Massive Ordnance Air Blast, MOAB – A Perspective 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in CASS Journal, Vol4, No.3. Jul-Sep 2017. ISSN 2347-9191) On 13th April 2017 at 7:32 p.m. local time[1], U.S. Forces Afghanistan conducted a strike using a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air…
Ammunition… Green Energy Initiatives by Defence Forces 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Abridged version published in SP’s Military Year Book 2017) “Unleashing war fighters from the tether of fuel and reducing our military installations’ dependence on a costly and potentially fragile power…
AI… Weaponised Unmanned Vehicles in the Indian Navy: Technology Outlook 13 Jun 201711 Sep 2018 (Published IndraStra Global May 22, 2016 ) In the Navy unmanned vehicles constitute four types of vehicles which operate in aerial, surface-land, surface-sea and underwater environments. Even though more glamorous…
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