Tag: Defence
China: Google backtracks on censored search as employees rebel
China continues to be both a vast business opportunity and an ethical flashpoint for the technology industry.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees on 16...
Airbus Zephyr: Solar-powered ‘pseudo-satellite’ takes flight
Aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled a solar-powered solution for stratospheric satellite-like services.
The Zephyr High Altitude Psuedo-Satellite (HAPS) was shown off for the first time...
US Air Force goes Top Gun for IoT-based predictive maintenance
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is arming itself with new AI and IoT technologies to power predictive maintenance of aircraft and boost mission effectiveness.
Top Gun...
MoD looking at delivery drones to resupply front-line troops
The UK government Ministry of Defence (MoD) is exploring the possible use of drones as a means to resupply soldiers on the front line.
As...
AT&T announces ‘smart base’ initiative with US Air Force
AT&T has announced it is working with the US Air Force (USAF) on an IoT-driven ‘smart base’ initiative at Maxwell Air Force Base in...
Start-up of the month: Mothive – ensuring the world’s food and...
IoB spends five minutes with Angelo Monteiro, the managing director and co-founder of London-based start-up Mothive, to talk defence, agriculture and how the Internet...
DARPA wants to militarise the IoT
US defence agency DARPA is planning to harness the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) for military purposes.
With the US looking for increasingly innovative...