Measuring the depth of India’s space program
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India is emerging as a major Asian powerhouse with respect to space capabilities because of its great power ambition and domestic necessity....
European militaries rush to catch up on space traffic mapping
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The boom in space activity of the past few years has made Earth’s orbit more crowded and dynamic, and Western militaries need to step...
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Measuring the depth of India’s space program
By Namrata Goswami
India is emerging as a major Asian powerhouse with respect to space capabilities because of its great power ambition and domestic necessity....
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Could optical computing be poised for mainstream aerospace and defense information processing?
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The overlap between the space and longevity industries
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Germany’s military build up continues, but personnel shortages remain
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The German military continued its rearmament but still suffered from serious personnel shortages last year, a report presented to the country’s parliament on Tuesday showed. The paper...
Dismounted Situational Awareness in the Urban Battlespace
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Russian research on space nukes and alternative counterspace weapons (part 2)
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The Microchip Revolution: Avionics at the Speed of Light in 2025
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Russian research on space nukes and alternative counterspace weapons (part 1)
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Is bad data to blame for missing weapons parts?
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The new Moon race: Assessing Chinese and US strategies
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A Deep Dive Into China’s Military Strategy and Ambitions
The US Department of Defense’s annual report on Chinese military and security developments.
In this post and podcast, we dissect the report, which isn’t just...
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