BROAD STRATEGIC APPRAISALS: 6/1/11

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Wingless aircraft could usher in UAVs that enter buildings

PC era giving way to 'contextual intelligence,' say top IT execs

Metal particle generates new hope for H2 energy

Scientists predict future actions based on brain activity

Unmanned sailing vessel set for next sea trial

DARPA develops new tools to help process video data

Pic3D sheet brings glasses-free 3D to iPhone

The future of chip manufacturing

How "Super Sand" Could Provide Drinking Water To Millions Of People

IBM demonstrates stable phase-change memory

Change in Material Boosts Prospects of Ultrafast Single-Photon Detector

Harvesting Visible and Invisible Light in PVs with Colloidal Quantum Dots

A Fusion Thruster for Space Travel

Cyber-Ops Become Critical ISR Tool

DARPA Seeks to Employ Biology in Manufacturing

Missiles could counter carrier threat: report

US Army Awards contract to Begin Work on Additional Persistent Threat Detection Systems

Monday, June 27, 2011

Computer Chips Could Mimic Brain Synapses

A quiet phase: NIST optical tools produce ultra-low-noise microwave signals

Boeing Completes System Integration of High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator

Blue Water Dreams

‘Orca ears’ inspire researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone

DeLorme Releasing Iridium-Based Personal Communicator this Fall

A step forward for space power

Rollerball writes electronics straight to paper

How Stealthy Is Your F-35?

International team demonstrates subatomic quantum memory in diamond

Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record

Alternative Memories Get the Carbon Nanotube Test

Supersonic theory accelerates in Paris

Moscow irked by U.S. role in territorial dispute with Japan

Acoustic cloak to hide ships from sonar

Raytheon's Combat-Proven AESA Radars Continue to Set the Standard

U.S. Navy Resumes EMALS Tests

U.S., Philippine Navies to Train Near Disputed Waters

Iran to Stage Missile Wargames

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

With High-Energy Lasers Too Heavy to Fly, Raytheon Plans Lighter Ones That Jam Rather Than Blast

New Alloy Can Convert Heat Directly Into Electricity

Brain implant could be used in reactivating paralysed limbs

Personal flying vehicles project aims to end road congestion

Navy Looks to Fry Electronic Eyes With Laser Blasts

Tilera's 100-core processors take on Sandy Bridge

Phantom Eye Nears First Flight

DARPA Builds Cyberwarfare Proving Ground

Putting A New Spin On Computing

China to US: Keep Out

Nanotechnology pushes battery life to eternity

Researchers to Use a High-Tech Translator to Converse With Dolphins

China says no cyber warfare with U.S.

Superconductor Logic Goes Low-Power

Scientist predicts digital brain by 2023

Missile or UAV? UVision Introduces the WASP

Monday, June 20, 2011

Raytheon readying directed energy warheads to fry enemy electronics

Triple-engine trick fuels return to supersonic travel

Brain has two slots for working memory

Raytheon produces airborne hyperspectral sensor for U.S. Air Force

Synthetic vision, inertial navigation systems, and NextGen key technology drivers for avionics industry

Is NATO going out of business?

Navy funds development of new explosives detection technology

World braces for domain name EXPLOSION

Flying orb can slip through windows, snap pics

Intel takes wraps off 50-core supercomputing coprocessor plans

Brain-Inspired Image Recognition Software From Cortexica Allows Computers to See

US military building Internet model for cyberwar simulation

Fixing the Brain-Computer Interface

Feasibility of Laser Power Transmission to a High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs

Japanese computer is named world's fastest

Next Generation Jammer

U.S., Vietnam Urge Peace in South China Sea

Euros Dominate Fast Jet Displays At Paris

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Inside IBM's graphene IC

DARPA, NASA seek ideas for starship travel

Graphene may gain an ‘on-off switch’

Friday, June 17, 2011

Night Vision Contact Lenses

Raytheon Deploys Miniature Air Launched Decoys From C-130 Cargo Aircraft

China warns outside nations to stay out of sea dispute

Can Europe Revolutionize The Airliner?

Pentagon Mulls Hurdles To Early Missile Intercept

China Backs Russia Against US Missile Shield

US officials struggle to defend Pakistan ties

Gates: $400B From DoD Budgets 'Not A Minor Cut'

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Airbus unveils radical vision of future aircraft design

Libyan rebels turn toys into robo weapons

Scientists unveil self-powered wireless nano device

Carbon ‘grapevine’ may store hydrogen

Robert Gates' Blunt Reality

Turning The iPad Into A Weapon

Army to field-test mature battlefield networks

US backs 'Internet in a suitcase'

Miraculous New Spray On Skin Technology Treats Burns Without Scars

Second X-51 hypersonic flight ends prematurely

Aerojet Unveils Novel Hypersonics Plan

Gates Calls for Superb Military, Not Hollow Force

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Mach 4 Supersonic Bizjet To Be Revealed at Paris Show

Siemens to use hydrogen as a means of storing energy

Navy goes full speed ahead with next-gen IT projects

Inside the US-Anglo-French plan to civilize the Internet

Is a European missile shield worth it?

Graphene meets silicon with conventional fab techniques

AMD's second Fusion CPU gives glimpse at future of CPU/GPU

Sukhoi PAK FA Stealth Fighter Aerobatics

China and Philippines tensions mount

BrahMos Aerospace To Add Hypersonic Missile

Air France Crash Suggestion: Have Planes Send Black Box Data by Satellite

NATO Boosts Sensors, Analysis To Protect Networks

Monday, June 13, 2011

Project simulates human brain to enhance computer power

Under pressure, sodium and hydrogen could undergo a metamorphosis, emerging as a superconductor

IPv6 Passes World Test With Flying Colors

Metamaterial printing method inches us closer to invisibility cloaks

MIT research: Faster computer graphics

A Living Laser

C++ Clear Winner in Google Language Benchmark

Coal-to-liquid fuels poised for a comeback

Physicists apply Einstein’s theory to superconducting circuits

Lightweight processor for defeating infrared missile threats developed by Northrop Grumman

US underwrites Internet detour around censors

Researchers: Realizing Qubits in Variety of Ways

The military alone can’t protect against increasing cyberattacks

IBM Takes Graphene One Step Further with the First IC Built from It

Libya war exposes NATO's chronic weaknesses: Gates

Russia protests arrival of US Navy cruiser in Black Sea

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

First Hybrid Power Plant Will Combine Solar, Wind and Natural Gas

Hybrid technology could break into heavy-duty machines

Army Seeks Social Media Gurus to Save the Afghan War

New super-dense forms of carbon outshine diamond

DARPA to develop rucksack-size, bird-like UAV for perch-and-stare persistent surveillance

Test Data Shows that LightSquared Slams Medium and High-Precision GPS Receivers

Researchers discover 'superatoms' with magnetic shells

The World IPv6 Day report card

PLA Officers Call Internet Key Battleground

China Scolds Philippines Over Disputed Waters

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Transformable smart materials move closer to realisation

Report: Major weapons makers see networks breached by hackers

Is the future of nuclear power in minireactors?

DoD’s ‘Terminator’ future: Humans vs machines

Solving mysteries in the pursuit of fusion power

Looking Beyond the Internal Combustion Engine

GPS Stations Can Detect Clandestine Nuclear Tests

New battery design could be breakthrough for electric vehicles and grid storage

A textile bag for bomb blast protection

Scientists Convert Human Skin Cells to Neurons For First Time

Just Months After Jeopardy!, Watson Wows Doctors With Medical Knowledge

Finding answers century-old questions about platinum's catalytic properties

D-Wave Systems sells its first Quantum Computing System to Lockheed Martin Corporation

Stealth Start-up Takes Aim at Transistor Power

USAF research lab issues RFI for new hypersonic

USAF Decisions On GPS IIIB Could Affect FAA

A slightly fuzzy look inside Boeing's next-gen fighter design

Nuclear Weapons Threat Not Decreasing, Study Says

Monday, June 6, 2011

Big questions about cyberwar

The US is Losing Pakistan

Nanoparticles help scientists harvest light with solar fuels

Airbus A380 - Manufacturing process

CERN physicists trap antimatter for 1,000 seconds — unlimited future energy?

Mitigation for Missiles

Materials 'sandwich' superconducts

Active Protection Reinforces Armor

Gates Frames US Cyberattack Responses

The end of stealth?

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China seeks to placate neighbours, demands respect

Gates: New Weapons For 'Robust' U.S. Role In Asia

Russia: France, U.K. Could Send Troops Into Libya

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