Mayflower 400: First Artificial Intelligence Ship

Mayflower 400 is the world’s first Artificial Intelligence ship. About Mayflower 400 It is 15 metres long and weighs nine tonnes. It is basically a trimaran. It navigates with complete autonomy. The ship is to study marine pollution and analyze ..

Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Mayflower 400 • radar • Ship

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

India-Japan: MoU signed for Academic and Research Cooperation

The Union Cabinet recently apprised a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between India and Japan. The MoU was signed between National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) that operates under Department of Space, GoI and the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere called ..

Tags: 2+2 dailogue • atmospheric science • india-japan • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) • Meteorology

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021

What is Advanced Chaff Technology?

The Defence Research and Development Organisation recently developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships against missile attacks. One of the DRDO laboratories located in Jodhpur developed three variants of the Advanced Chaff Technology. They were Short Range Chaff ..

Tags: Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) • Indian Navy Warships • Missile • radar • Warships

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021

India-Israel Sign Pact for MSRAM Air Defence System

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $50 million follow-up agreement with India to provide complementary Naval MRSAM (medium-range surface-to-air missile) systems to the Indian Navy. The deal involves follow up order for a range of maintenance and other services ..

Tags: IAI • medium-range surface-to-air missile • mobile launcher • MRSAM • radar

The world-class Central Air Traffic Flow Management (C-ATFM) inaugurated in New Delhi

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the Central Command Centre for Air Traffic Flow Management (C-ATFM) at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. The C-ATFM system is primarily meant to address the balancing of capacity against the demand to achieve ..

Tags: Air traffic control • Air traffic flow management • Airbus ProSky • Airport • Human activities

Gujarat police decides to use laser guns to crack down on over-speeding

The Gujarat government has decided to equip the traffic police with ‘laser guns’ for detection of over-speeding by vehicles. The state traffic police has purchased 39 such high-tech guns at a cost of Rs.3.9 crore. The gun uses laser technology ..

Tags: Challan • Human activities • India • radar • Radar gun