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a mobile phone charger that converts vibrations into power for the phone. The so-called nanogenerator – created by engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota Duluth, and China’s Sun Yat-sen University...
The Board of Directors of Alenia Aermacchi, during today’s session held in Turin, has taken note of the resignation of Chairman Amedeo Caporaletti and appointed Giancarlo Grasso as the new Chairman. Chairman Giancarlo Grasso...
The Obama administration has put out a highly-anticipated cybersecurity framework aimed at pushing businesses to strengthen their digital networks against attacks. The voluntary guidance, established by the president via executive order and developed by...
The two Marine collaborate for the first time not only to combat maritime piracy and trafficking but also for the conduct of patrol, surveillance at sea and maritime defense of free trade in order...
Airbus intends to buy Salzburg München Bank, pending regulatory approval, to turn it into Airbus Group Bank and further the financing options they can offer. In the wake of the 2008 and Euro crises,...
The Obama administration has released a voluntary framework developed by hundreds of companies, several federal agencies and many international contributors as a how-to cybersecurity guide for organizations in the business of running the nation’s...
The SBIR program is designed in a three-phased award process. Phase I supports exploration of an idea or technology; phase II develops and evaluates its commercial potential; and phase III facilitates product commercialization. “We...
An attack that took place last April on a PG&E (PCG) electrical substation outside of San Jose, Calif., was originally called an act of vandalism in some news reports, although at least one local...
Recently-confirmed US defense acquisition Under Secretary Frank Kendall (pending Senate approval) discussed with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) the implications of DOD’s strategic guidance and what’s coming for FY13. He confirmed he...
Officially launched in 2010, the Better Buying Power (BBP) initiative is a broad effort for the defense acquisition community to reform itself from within. BBP encompasses a set of fundamental acquisition principles to achieve...
maximise synergies between its market-leading information systems security and critical information systems specialists and capabilities. With annual revenues of €500 million and close to 5,000 employees, the new Thales Business Line called Critical Information...
On 22nd January 2014, it was officially presented the Italian regulation on remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). Following the introduction of RPAS in the “concept of aircraft” (see art.743 of the Italian Navigation Code),...
Bye Aerospace, Inc. and BoldIQ, Inc. concluded an extensive analysis that projects the long endurance Silent Guardian, a solar-electric hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV offers twice the mission productivity (effective time on station versus total sortie flight...
On November 18th, the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington was briefed on the potential threat, risks, and promises that Bitcoin poses to the Federal Government and society as a whole. We submit you...
Unmanned robots already have proven their worth on the battlefield, neutralizing IEDs, and more capable ones are coming in the future, according to the commander of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. While robots...
Onboard computing for the military is increasingly common and crucial for military weapons, vehicles, and sensors, which is driving requirements for their ability to withstand the combat environment. In the old days (the 1980s...
Rome, Aviator’s House, Feb 9 – (Full Report in Italian here) The conference is part of the monthly lectures series organized by the CESMA. Lecturer LtC. Fabio Malaspina, Doctor of Physics, currently Head of...
Us DoD recently published a document “Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap” (download here) with the purpose to articulate a vision and strategy for the continued development, production, test, training, operation, and sustainment of unmanned systems technology...
Poland changed the way organising its military forces, launching the General Command of All Armed Forces to replace the separate commands of various military forces. As of Jan. 1, 2014, the armed forces’ seven...
Drones are popular with law enforcement in part because they are smaller and less costly alternatives to manned aircraft. They also are a growing business for companies such as Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman Corp,...
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