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… Artificial Intelligence- An India Specific Scan 26 Feb 202026 May 2020 Published SP’s Military Year Book 2019- Section- Technology-Pg 121 http://www.spsmilitaryyearbook.com/ Contrary to the more fantastic predictions for AI in the popular press, the Study Panel found no cause for concern…
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.…
Green Energy… Initiatives for Clean and Green Indian Navy 14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in IndraStra Global 07 Aug 2017) On 12 February 2017, INS Sarvekshak, a survey ship of the Indian Navy had completed installation of a 5KW solar power system on…
Afghanistan… Three Ports Under China’s Gaze 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 {Published in Indian Military Review Aug 2017 (https://goo.gl/2A1PGt) & IndraStraglobal (http://www.indrastra.com/2017/08/Three-Ports-Under-China-s-Gaze-003-08-2017-0050.html)} The Baluch and their lands hold the key to prosperity of the land locked Central Asian Region and Afghanistan.…
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… The Challenge of Military Artificial Intelligence 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Abridged version published in SP’s Military Year Book 2017) Intelligent machines were the focus of research work at many institutes after the WWII. In 1950, Alan Turing argued that if…
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…
Indian Navy… Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)- Navy’s Armed Patrol 15 Dec 201625 Jan 2017 (Published SP’s Naval Forces, Dec 2016-Jan 2017. Vol 11 No. 6 ) “It is not surprising that some OPVs are multirole and heavily armed, lighter scantling and faster, whereas others…
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