technologies of the self

• who's who in Training & Simulation.

... collaboration with Schneider Laser Technologies. Weighing only some eight kilos, the Avior project... simulate and stimulate ESM, ELINT RWR and self-contained jammer receiving systems. In addition, t...

• Armada International
• Vol. 25 Num. 2, Avril 2001

• Biofuels and Wto Disciplines

Given the sharp rise in crude oil prices and growing awareness of climate change, the potential of biofuels, particularly of bioethanol, has become an ubiquitous topic of public debate and has induced ambitious policy initiatives. The latter are mostly paired with protectionist measures as the examples of the European Union and the United States show, where domestic producers of energy crops are put at an advantage thanks to subsidisation, direct payments and/or favourable tax schemes. Moreover, the EU is working out a mandatory certification scheme for ethanol imports, imposing social and environmental standards which constitute another hurdle for more efficiently produced ethanol originating in the Southern hemisphere. A similar path is taken by Switzerland's revised mineral oil tax l...

..., and sets a very high price for greater self-sufficiency (DE GORTER and JUST 2007c). e) The OEC... clear ranking between the different technologies: ethanol from sugarcane (Brazil) has the highest p...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008

• Cogito ergo sum a radio.

... of why radios are not intelligent--or self-aware. He mentions that they simply do not 'know t.... In February 2010, Raytheon BBN Technologies demonstrated voice and data transmission across a ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 4, Août 2011

• Switch on the digitised battlespace.

.... As virtualisation technologies develop at operating system and application levels... tactical datalinks, as well as programmable self-protection systems and precision ammunition, have ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• Urban warfare.

.... The Singapore Technologies Fantail is another perching-capable system in the .... The Network Extender is a self-healing and self-configuring unit, which automatic...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 4, Août 2010

• Europe wakens to Males.

... a broad spectrum of drone-relevant technologies, from stealthy airframes to low Reynolds Number (l... by drones and for cargo deliveries by (self-recovering) unmanned helicopters. . Tests using Ge...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 3, Juin 2010

• Armour evolves to match the changing threat: in an age where a guerrilla armed with a recoilless grenade launcher can despatch anything from a main battle tank to a truckload of infantry, William Shakespeare's words *Now thrive the armourers* have never been more true. Armour technologies are evolving to protect everything from the tank to the foot soldier.

...As its name suggests, self-limiting explosive reactive armour (Slera) limits ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• Waving in the right direction.

...The systems are self contained, easily configured for operation and pro... not have access to today's advanced technologies. . The Spectre V series radios continue to be one ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 3, Juin 2010

• Weight or budget watchers?

... in armour technology, not to mention active self protection, are coming to the rescue to reduce spe... also easier integration of future technologies. . In addition to vision blocks the crew uses a gl...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 1, Février 2010

• The show does go on.

... had signed a contract to supply 57 PzH2000 self-propelled howitzers, cast quite the space-gobbling.... Dap Technologies, for its part, had a veritable cascade of products...

• Armada International
• Vol. 26 Num. 5, Octobre 2002