ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AEROSPACE
see the First Part video here – by Gustavo Scotti di Uccio (AOS) – Is the space attractive for doing business? Is the space race driven by commercial perspectives? For several years, the commercial...
Category: new technologies
NATO Innovation Challenge opens to entrepreneurs and inventors
The latest edition of the NATO Innovation Challenge was launched on Monday (19 August 2019), under the theme: “Optimising leader development”. The competition aims to tap into pools of private sector innovators (entrepreneurs, designers,...
BAE Systems: new Robotic Operations Center
BAE Systems announced at the 2019 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference in Tampa, Florida, the launch, in partnership with UiPath, of its new Robotic Operations Center (ROC) to customize and deploy suites of software robots that automate high-volume,...
Human & Machine: Fighting or Teaming?
– AOS has secured good visibility in the HMT domain. — The six minutes challenge between the man and the machine. The commander asked three times to bring back the nose of the Boeing...
Carrefour: Blockchain and QR codes to find out where citrus fruits come from
Carrefour announced that it will use blockchain technology to protect the traceability and quality of Tarocco Oranges and Sicilian Lemons Quality Chain. In addition to its use in the field of cryptocurrencies, one of...
Survey on blockchain: poor understanding for 63% of executives
According to a survey commissioned by the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), 63% of business leaders have little understanding of blockchain technology. These data were collected by the research company PollRight, which interviewed 71...
Improving Military Mobility within and beyond
Defending Europe: Improving Military Mobility within and beyond the European Union – Army University Press Creating a fully-fledged European Defence Union by 2025 is imperative to Europe’s security and to build a Union that protects....
TARDEC hosts NATO-sponsored demo of mobility prediction software
When mobility predictions are not correct, military ground vehicles become immobilized, putting Soldiers at risk and jeopardizing mission success. With a goal of improving mobility predictions, NATO representatives from around the world met at...
Modernization Will Help Boost Logistics in Military
Gen. James McConville, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, said the service will look into how the civilian sector applies innovation and modernization with the aim of applying the same methods in the...
Military Technology and Civil Service: the challenge of Vitrociset and Arionline for the new European legislation on privacy.
“On cybersecurity, battles are won every day” says Antonio Pandelli, project manager of Vitrociset, on the sidelines of the meeting organized by Arionline in Sardinia (Italy) to illustrate the scenarios related to the plan...
Next-Gen Missile Warning System for Aircraft: $97.9M to BAE Systems & Leonardo DRS
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract to develop a next-generation missile warning system for aircraft that will protect pilots and crews from new and emerging threats. The U.S. Army has awarded...
European Commission launches the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum
“I see blockchain as a game changer and I want Europe to be at the forefront of its development. We need to establish the right enabling environment – a Digital Single Market for blockchain...
The Navy’s Newest Radar
Raytheon is building the U.S. Navy’s next-generation integrated air and missile defense radar, AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR, which will significantly increase the ability of ships to detect and counter ballistic missiles – one of the world’s fastest-growing...
NATO CNAD: BMD, AFSC, J-ISR, AGS, A-SW, SEAD, H-DVE
Top national defence procurement officials discussed innovation and new initiatives to support NATO capability efforts at the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 4 May 2017....
Aurora Unveils New eVTOL Aircraft
Uber has selected Aurora Flight Sciences as a partner to develop electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its Uber Elevate Network. Aurora’s eVTOL concept is derived from its XV-24A X-plane program currently...
New DARPA Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE)
Technology Could Simplify Secure Data Sharing: The goal of DARPA’s new Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE) program is to create a system where information at multiple levels of security...
Czech Companies Start Getting to Grips with Industry 4.0 Revolution
Revolutions promise change, the only problem being that the promised changes don’t always go to plan and rapid transformation often throws up its own batch of winners and losers. It’s not surprising then that...
USAF: The Largest Military Solar Energy Project
The 16.5-megawatt 98-acre solar energy farm at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst project will be the largest military solar installation and will include more than 50,000 solar panels when it’s completed in 2017. “This is a...
Smart Cities in Italy: tools are available, but culture is absent
There are already tools to make our cities less polluted and chaotic: cars and electric vans, car-sharing, apps that inform about traffic in real-time, domestic renewable energy generators, autonomous driving. They are tools that...
Dual approach designed to provide cybersecurity for utilities infrastructure
DARPA developing advanced tech to protect US power grid against cyber attack The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon...