The US Navy’s new communications satellite has been successfully tested and evaluated ahead of its transition to operations. The Navy’s narrowband communications satellite has been assessed as operationally effective and can be used in unrestricted operations. The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) provides narrowband satellite communications to the DOD. The tests looked ...
The US Air Force alongside military personnel from across Asia has completed a number of humanitarian exercises in Bangladesh. For Pacific Angel, around 50 US Air Force personnel teamed up with troops from Nepal, Thailand, and Sri Lanka to conduct humanitarian exercises in Bangladesh. The operation mainly focused on medical care ...
The Red Cross and other aid charities have teamed up with a blockchain company to improve humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid organisations the Red Cross, the Rohingya Project, DECODES, iRespond, and Tykn have been awarded contracts with blockchain startup Evermyn to provide displaced people with an official identity. Self-Sovereign Identity, or SSI, allows people and organisations ...
Some $3.5M has been awarded to six university teams by the DoD which will fund research into robotics for disaster relief. The funding has come as part of a joint research project with the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) and will see joint teams funded by ...