The HAL Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation stealth multirole fighter being developed by India. It will complement the HAL Tejas, the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA, the Sukhoi Su-30MKI and the Dassault Rafale. Unofficial design work on the AMCA has been started. A naval version is confirmed, as the Indian Navy also contributed …
Russia is apparently planning an enlarged naval fleet. 12 Project 955 “Borei” submaines. Eight 955s have been ordered under the SAP 2020. Four more are planned after 2020. The Borei has a compact and integrated hydrodynamically efficient hull for reduced broadband noise and the first ever use of pump-jet propulsion on a Russian nuclear submarine. …
Some have called the Elon Musk comment that Tesla Motors could reach $700 billion in market valuation by 2025 with 50% per year annual revenue growth. Achieving anywhere close to becoming a trillionaire who enables reusable rockets and some level of human colonization on Mars would put Elon Musk to the level a hero in …
Analysts now expect India to grow 6.2 percent next fiscal year, a slight downgrade from the October survey’s forecast of 6.4 percent, but it would still be the first time that growth has exceeded 6.0 percent since FY 2011/2012. The poll also showed that the economy will grow 5.5 percent the current fiscal year ending …
1. Northwest Celan Energy – Cybersecurity at Columbia Generating Station Here comes the movie “Blackhat” to scare people about cybersecurity at nuclear plants! But before we all join the Hollywood-inflicted panic, Dean Kovacs of Energy Northwest Information Services describes some (but not all, of course) of the cybersecurity measures in place at Columbia Generating Station. …
Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale, in Lausanne, Switzerland, to design a soft, flexible electronic implant, which they say has the same ability to bend and stretch as dura mater, the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. The e-Dura implant developed by EPFL scientists can be applied directly to the spinal cord without …
The Gogoro Smartscooter was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show. It is the first high-performance, zero emissions, connected two-wheeled electric vehicle on the market—but in many ways the bigger story today is actually the Gogoro Energy Network. The Gogoro Energy Network is a battery-swapping infrastructure that can be deployed across a city to give people …
Drone carrier naval ships have been designed, but so far none appear to have been deployed. The UXV Combatant is a concept warship designed by BVT Surface Fleet (now BAE Systems Surface Ships), which was displayed at the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) in 2007. If built it would be expected to displace approximately …
Elon Musk is developing rockets that could be reused, rather than burn up on re-entry to earth’s atmosphere, in the belief they’ll drastically reduce the cost of trips to Mars. Launch has been delayed until Friday because of some Z actuator glitch. He could make history — and remake the space launch sector — when …
Tesla recently provided upgrades for 2400 Roadsters sold from 2008 to 2012 with a boost in range to over 400 miles Tesla is is probably the only Technology company to retrofit an older generation product with the latest technology. The old range was 244 miles. The first Roadsters in 2008 were becoming due for new …
IDC forecasts smartphone increasing from 1.3 billion annual shipments in 2014 to 1.9 billion in 2018 According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments will reach a total of nearly 1.3 billion units in 2014, representing an increase of 26.3% over 2013. …