Critical Technology
💡GINC's Critical Technology framework identifies the advanced systems, materials, and processes essential for a nation’s economic competitiveness, security, and technological sovereignty. Adversarial AI: A Strategic Imperative for National Capability Adversarial AI—the study and deployment of techniques that manipulate machine-learning models through carefully crafted inputs—poses both
Critical Technology
Advanced magnets and superconductors constitute a foundational technology for modern power systems, transportation, medical imaging, and defence applications by enabling ultra-efficient magnetic fields with virtually zero electrical resistance.
Air Combat
The F-35 is built to achieve air dominance, conduct precision strikes, perform electronic warfare, and gather intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) — all in a single platform.
Critical Technology
Quantum Sensors: A Strategic Enabler of National Capability Quantum sensors represent a transformative class of technologies that exploit quantum phenomena—such as superposition, entanglement, and quantum coherence—to measure physical quantities with unprecedented precision. These sensors offer revolutionary improvements in sensitivity and accuracy over classical alternatives, enabling capabilities in navigation,
Drones
💡GINC’s Asset Collection profiles the leading global platforms and systems powering our national assessments on security, power and influence. The MQ-9 Reaper is the world’s most iconic armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and a symbol of the shift toward remote and precision warfare. Developed by General Atomics Aeronautical
Air Combat
💡GINC’s Asset Collection profiles the leading global platforms and systems powering our national assessments on security, power and influence. The AH-64 Apache is the most battle-hardened and widely recognized attack helicopter in the world. Developed originally by Hughes Helicopters (now part of Boeing Defense), the Apache entered service with
Air Combat
💡GINC’s Asset Collection profiles the leading global platforms and systems powering our national assessments on security, power and influence. The F-22 Raptor, developed by Lockheed Martin, is widely regarded as the most advanced and dominant air superiority fighter ever built. As the world’s first operational fifth-generation fighter, the
United States
💡GINC’s Asset Collection profiles the leading global platforms and systems powering our national assessments on security, power and influence. The M1A1 Abrams is one of the most iconic and capable main battle tanks (MBTs) in modern military history. Developed in the 1980s as a successor to the M60 Patton,
Air Combat
💡GINC’s Asset Collection profiles the leading global platforms and systems powering our national assessments on security, power and influence. The Changhe Z-10, also known as the WZ-10, is China’s first indigenous, purpose-built attack helicopter, developed to provide the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) with a modern
Drones
Firestorm Labs is a private defense‐tech company founded in 2022 and based in San Diego, California. From its inception, the company set out to make “Affordable Mass” a reality for unmanned systems by marrying modular hardware with open‐architecture software and on-demand manufacturing. Its flagship offering, the xCell expeditionary
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