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…
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…
Ammunition… Nanoenergetic Materials (nEMs) in Conventional Ammunition 17 May 201619 May 2016 (Published on 17 May 2016, CLAWS,http://www.claws.in/1571/nanoenergetic-materials-nems-in-conventional-ammunition-sanatan-kulshrestha.html) Nanoenergetic Materials (nEMs) in Conventional Ammunition Nanotechnology “could completely change the face of weaponry,” Andy Oppenheimer, Jane’s Information Group[1] On 11 September 2007, Russians…
Armament… Neuromorphic Chips – Defence Applications 30 Apr 20165 May 2016 (Published Claws 30 Apr 2016 ) (http://www.claws.in/1563/neuromorphic-chips-%E2%80%93-defence-applications-sanatan-kulshrestha.html) ..And I had an opportunity to grow from the time where we couldn’t make a single silicon transistor to the time where we…
Defence Technology… 56.Cutting Edge Engineering for Modern Geospatial Systems 6 Jun 2015 (Published Geo Intelligence May- Jun 2015) 56.Cutting Edge Engineering for Modern Geospatial Systems “The Archaeological Survey of India has tied up with Google to put 100 major Indian monuments and…
Armament… 31. Safety of Ammunition on the High Sea 4 Dec 2013 (Published in SP's Naval Forces Dec 13- Jan 14) Safety of Ammunition on the High Sea “Unfortunately, naval warfare always will be an exceedingly dangerous activity, whether ships are operating…
Armament… 30.Autonomous Undersea Vehicles Surfacing 3 Dec 2013 (Published in SP's Naval Forces Oct- Nov 13) Autonomous Undersea Vehicles Surfacing “It’s [NSCT-1 UUV Platoon] done a wonderful job for us over there in the Umm Qasr vicinity and…
Armament… 29.Guns Remain in Navy’s Future Plans 2 Dec 2013 (Published in SP's Naval Forces Oct- Nov 13) Guns Remain in Navy’s Future Plans "The kind of fire support that the Marines need for manoeuvre ashore in the littorals is…
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