“Compact, efficient, lightweight, and long-lasting energy technologies are emerging as a force multiplier in military affairs. Innovative power sources that can outperform the energy density of current batteries and fuel cells promise major weight and volume reductions. Advances in nanotechnologies are playing a crucial role in the development of new energy sources, generators, and harvesters. Many countries, including China, Iran, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan, are researching these technologies. DIA judges with moderate confidence that while the United States can maintain its technological superiority in nonconventional energy sources for the next 5 to 10 years, technologies with strong commercial…
Author: John Greenewald
The following articles was published in the 18 September 2009 “Defense Intelligence Digest”. It was requested by The Black Vault on 23 March 2022 and released in September that same here. Document Archive Technology Trends: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology, published 18 September 2009 [4 Pages, 1.1MB]
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