Pakistan Army inducts first batch of indgeniously produced strategic drones

Today, it is the second news about drones development. In the morning we shared news about the stealth drone 'Sharp Sword' developed by China.

Pakistan's army chief General Kiyani being presented with the model of the drone by Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Director General Strategic Plans Division

Now it is has been reported by Pakistan's ISPR that Pakistan today inducted the 1st fleet of indigenously developed Strategic Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), namely Burraq and Shahpar UAV Systems in Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force. It is a landmark and historic event, wherein a very effective force multiplier has been added to the inventory of the Armed Forces.


In the future these UAVs could also be gainfully employed in various socio-economic development projects, as well.

The ceremony was attended by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Director General Strategic Plans Division and senior officers from Armed Forces, scientists and engineers.

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, while appreciating the work of NESCOM scientists and engineers, highlighted that induction of indigenously developed surveillance capable UAVs in Pakistan Armed Forces is a force multiplier, and will substantially enhance their target acquisition capabilities in real time.

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Pakistan PM launches multi-million dollar KKH re-alignment

Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday launched two landmark multi-million dollar strategic projects at the Karakorum Highway (KKH), aimed at restoring the historic road linkage with China that was severed due to the artificial Attabad lake created as a result of landslides.

The prime minister performed the ground breaking of re- alignment of a 17-km long section of the Karakoram Highway (KKH). He also inaugurated the 510.42 million dollars up-gradation of a 335 km long section of the road from Raikot to Khunjerab that has now been widened and meets international standards of construction.

PM Ashraf, who earlier had an aerial view of the Attabad lake, the upgraded road and the proposed road alignment site, said that the new roads were part of an effort of the government to provide the people of remote areas a fast and easy linkage with the rest of the country. He said that the road would not only ease travel, but also help provide all facilities of life.

Read more: The News

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Tech News: Robot to replace herbicides for weed-killing

Technology has helped humanity in many areas, besides destroying and killing people with bombs and lasers.

Now to kill weeds, research is underway to do it with robots, rather than herbicides.

As reported, Scientists at Blue River Technology will commercialize a weed-killing robot after landing $3.1 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures. The agricultural invention uses algorithms to differentiate between good and bad plants, injecting the bad with enough fertilizer to kill it.

The wheeled bot is still in the prototype stage at this point. But Blue River sees its machine as a cost-effective and safer solution to potentially reduce U.S. herbicide use by more than 250 million pounds per year.

Read more: Mashable

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Why Eric Schmidt's prediction about Android vs. iOS development is dead wrong

[ via Network World ] 15 Dec

From Schmidt’s perspective, it’s nothing more than a numbers game. More Android users = more potential customers = more attractive platform for developers. That, however, is an overly simplistic view of mobile development resting on the erroneous assumption that all mobile users, across all platforms, are one and the same.

The reality is much more nuanced and can be boiled down to a simple precept – not all smartphone users are created equal.

Here are some reasons why Eric Schmidt's prediction may be wrong:

Developers distinguish between certain kinds of users

Follow the money trail

About all those Android Users

The Groupon effect

Malware, ease of payment, and app selection

So what's the conclusion?

Read the interesting survey and analysis HERE to know more about the reasons highlighted above and the conclusion.

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US army tests hypersonic weapon over the Pacific

[Full story: Dawn News] 18 Nov

The US Army tested an Advanced Hypersonic Weapon from the military’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai at about 1:30 a.m, Thursday. The weapon’s ”glide vehicle” reached Kwajalein Atoll – some 2,300 miles away – in less than half an hour, said Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Pentagon spokeswoman, Dawn News reports quoting Reuters.

The new missile is said to be five times faster than the speed of sound. The Congressional Research Service report said the AHW would be able to maneuver to avoid flying over third party nations as it approached its target.

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