Aerospace & Defence

With the emergence of artificial intelligence technology, the world is in a great dilemma. While AI brings many benefits to the society, there are also great risks involved, including ethical issues...

Aiming to overturn the damage caused to the environment, the aircraft is a novel initiative for promoting green aviation Rolls-Royce, one of the world’s leading companies focussed on providing state-of the-art propulsion...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often known as ‘drones’ or ‘quadcopters’, are one of those areas of technology that have been hitting the mainstream media in recent weeks and months. Concerned by...

Read Part 5 Beginning with a brief introduction to various techniques and related sensors, this concluding part of the article focuses on optronic triangulation and time-of-flight sensors for position and displacement measurement...

Read Part 5 Use of IEDs by terrorists have brought to the fore the need for stand-off detection and identification of chemical, biological and explosive agents. The need and relevance of efficient and...

Read Part 3 Operational basics, salient features and military specific applications of ring laser gyroscopes and fibre-optic gyroscopes are discussed in this part of the article. Gyroscopic sensors constitute an essential component of inertial...

This article discusses some key recent developments in the area of wireless networking in the aviation industry. New techniques and technologies in wireless communication are needed for safe and efficient aviation operations....

Aviation is witnessing fast growth in global markets. Whether it is civil or military aviation, modern aircraft are equipped with electronics systems. Accurate feedback systems and ease of control of aircraft systems...

Read part 2 Night vision technology has undergone considerable changes in the last 40 years. These changes have led to enormous improvements in performance standards of night vision devices. Night vision devices are...

Imaging sensors are an important component of a wide range of defence systems and are projected to play a growing role in the coming years. This article discusses CCD, CMOS and...