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All eyes on AI
01 February, 2024
AI offers vast potential for defence forces, from enhancing speed...
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Armour piercer 01 February, 2024 Recent conflicts, including the war in Ukraine and the ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine, have seen small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) increasingly used to identify, target...

Defending Nato's networks 01 February, 2024 Building network security and resilience across Nato allies offers a wide range of benefits, as does 5G standardisation – but both face challenges along the way. Nicholas Kenny speaks...

Knowledge is power 01 February, 2024 Navies around the world are embracing new ways of harnessing technology to support platform readiness, such as using digital twins to manage predictive maintenance of vessels,...

Pilot programme 01 February, 2024 AI has already demonstrated the ability to overcome human pilots in training scenarios – and air forces around the world have increasingly been looking into ways in which AI can...

Charging forward 01 February, 2024 When we think of militaries and the ability to defend, one word often not far from our lips is ‘power’. Today, military chatter is increasingly dominated by that word, but not in...

Real-time situational awareness for managing UAS missions 11 January, 2024 As a world leader in providing real-time handling of geographic data to enhance situational awareness, Carmenta’s software solutions have long stood at the forefront of...

Cyber struggles 09 August, 2023 As military investment in cyberwarfare explodes, some analysts and experts are fi nding that cyber may be of limited use when it comes to deterrence and coercion, even as bad actors...

A sense of things to come 09 August, 2023 Developed by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Innovate UK, SAPIENT is an open software architecture that helps different sensors, interfaces and...

Abandon ship? 09 August, 2023 As the maritime operating environment continues to change, questions persist over the continued relevance of the offshore patrol vessel (OPVs). Andrea Valentino speaks to a range...

Trust the processor 09 August, 2023 Militaries across the globe are experimenting with artificial intelligence to enhance their war fighting capabilities, but challenges remain over how to implement these tools. Gary...

In the driving seat 09 August, 2023 Automation is hardly a new technology in terms of military logistics, being used in some form or other for the past 60 years or so. However, ongoing advances in this area offer...

Low-emission cartridges of the highest quality 08 August, 2023 Based in Nassau, Germany, Metallwerk Elisenhütte (MEN) has provided armies, authorities and special forces with top-quality ammunition for handguns since 1957.

Electric potential 07 August, 2023 Offering the capacity for significant advances in stealth capabilities – with reduced thermal and noise signatures as well as enhanced mobility over challenging terrain – tactical...

Tension over Taiwan 07 August, 2023 As hostilities between China and the US heat up over the future of Taiwan, questions remain on how Taiwan’s allies can best help it prepare for future conflict on its shores. A key...

Hardware-based crossdomain access solutions for OSINT 25 January, 2023 As the importance of open-source intelligence (OSINT) to military operations has become increasingly clear to Nato members and other armed forces around the world, so too have the...

Protection for units in complex operations 25 January, 2023 Established as a trusted worldwide supplier, Blücher has now consolidated all of its protective materials, garments and services under the SARATOGA brand. Providing full-spectrum...

A key supply of prehospital and combat casualty care 25 January, 2023 Established in Sandviken, Sweden, in 1995, Promoteq provides medical equipment in the four following categories: prehospital systems solutions, consumables, medical technology...

Connecting the battlefield 25 January, 2023 Rugged laptops and other new technologies are transforming how armies do battle. But without robust cables and connectors to connect diffuse systems, success in this new world...

The industry’s one-stop line of supply for the demolitions train 25 January, 2023 Few companies can boast that they are able to supply any and all demolitions requirements, but CBRNergetics views itself as an outlier in the field. Providing products from initiation...


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