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External Non-Government
February 26, 2018

Identification of Scintillation Signatures on GPS Signals

Ionospheric scintillation originates from the scattering of electromagnetic waves through spatial gradients in the plasma density distribution, drifting across a given propagation direction. Ionospheric scintillation represents a disruptive manifestation of adverse space weather conditions through degradation of the reliability and continuity of satellite telecommunication and navigation systems and services (e.g., European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service,

External Non-Government
February 26, 2018

Rule-Breaking Perovskites

A material from the perovskite family of semiconductors emits light much more efficiently than expected. The explanation for this anomalous behaviour could lead to improvements in light-emitting technology. When a semiconductor absorbs light, a particle-like entity called an exciton can be produced. Excitons comprise an electron and a hole (the absence of an electron), and

External Non-Government
February 26, 2018

SpaceX “Ties” ULA’s Annual Launch Record with 16th Launch in 2017 -“Beats” it with 17th & 18th

SpaceX’s Oct. 30 launch of the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite doubled the number of Falcon 9 missions completed in a single year and tied the company with United Launch Alliance’s record of 16 launches in one year. The successful mission took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:34 p.m. Eastern, deploying the satellite 36 minutes after

External Non-Government
February 24, 2018

Anti-ship Cruise Missile Tracks Target”s Radar Using Artificial Intelligence

The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) is the US Navy”s latest addition to its arsenal in order to target ships. It is designed to search for and find enemy ships, and destroy them using onboard AI. The LRASM is a cruise missile that is set to replace the ageing Harpoon and will be the Navy”s

External Non-Government
February 22, 2018

Navy to Demo ‘Motley Crew’ Collaborative Drone Attack

The next big thing for unmanned naval aviation is a group of unmanned aerial systems that can share information and then assign tasks and make strategic targeting decisions based on available intelligence. This concept, called Motley Crew, will be demonstrated by the Navy in 2018 or 2019, said Rear Adm. Mark Darrah, the service”s program

External Non-Government
February 16, 2018

Nervana Engine Delivers Deep Learning at Ludicrous Speed!

Nervana is currently developing the Nervana Engine, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that is custom-designed and optimized for deep learning. Training a deep neural network involves many compute-intensive operations, including matrix multiplication of tensors and convolution. Graphics processing units (GPUs) are more well-suited to these operations than CPUs since GPUs were originally designed for

External Non-Government
February 15, 2018

This 240-Rocket Semi Truck Means Business

Sometimes one or two rockets just won”t do, and you need 239 or 240. That”s the thinking behind the Jobari Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher (MCL). Developed in the United Arab Emirates, MCL can ripple fire more than two hundred rockets at some unfortunate target, saturating an area with tens of thousands of lethal steel

External Non-Government
February 13, 2018

NORTHCOM Commander Confident in U.S. Ability to Counter North Korea

The United States is currently capable of countering potential attacks from foreign adversaries, but it cannot slow down on building its capacity and readiness, the commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command said Sept. 27. “I am entirely confident in our ability to defend the United States, but that doesn’t mean

External Non-Government
February 12, 2018

US Marines Want Pint-Sized Rocket Artillery They Can Carry in an MV-22 Osprey

After demonstrating its ability to fire artillery rockets from decks of U.S. Navy ships, the U.S. Marine Corps now says it is interested in a similar, but super-compact mobile weapon system small enough to fit inside its MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotors or its future CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters. Such a vehicle would greatly increase

External Non-Government
February 12, 2018

Logistics Battalion Is the Marine Corps” Next Experimental Unit

MANAMA, Bahrain — Thank the Marine Corps” first experimental infantry unit, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, for the quadcopters that are coming to grunt squads and a host of high-speed technology that will follow. But after two years of experimentation during training exercises and a deployment to the Pacific, 3/5 is standing down — and a

External Non-Government
February 12, 2018

How to Get Sprayed Metal Coatings to Stick

When spraying metal coatings, melting hurts rather than helps, MIT research reveals. When bonding two pieces of metal, either the metals must melt a bit where they meet or some molten metal must be introduced between the pieces. A solid bond then forms when the metal solidifies again. But researchers at MIT have found that

External Non-Government
February 12, 2018

Future Zero Emission Hydrogen Boilers Could Heat Your Home

In Italy, one business is looking to use hydrogen to help heat properties. The Giacomini Group”s Federico Fioroni told CNBC that the company”s work on hydrogen dates back to the early 2000s, as part of a wider project looking at different sustainable sources of energy. “The aim of the project was to develop a sustainable,

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