Plugging the UK explosives expertise brain drain
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom delivers higher education for members of the Armed Forces and government representatives. Visiting…
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Eva Grey
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Women in Defence: Defence technology’s female future
This year marks 100 years since women could first serve in the British military. Since then, British women have served…
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Cyber insiders: Putting warriors on the front line against hack attacks
Cyber attacks against military targets are increasing exponentially. In June 2015 Brigadier Alan Hill, then head of Operate and Defend…
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Fat fighters: can tech tackle the global military obesity problem?
The world’s waistlines are getting wider, and even military personnel, traditionally some of the fittest individuals around, aren’t immune to…
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Putting an end to cruel “Danish Bacon” animal wounding exercises
Deliberately severely injuring animals so military surgeons can practice on them is such a horrific concept that it is no…
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Video feature: Graphene holds promise as body armour
The Rice University team conducted miniature ballistic tests by firing microscopic projectiles at sheets of graphene, each consisting of a…
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Latest In Defence – eye-like zoom; nuclear-inspired submarine; F-35 carrier landing
Sandia eye-like zoomThe zoom function on rifle scopes is vital for soldiers, and especially snipers, to get a close-up view.…
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Falling cats and tumbling athletes inspire search and rescue robots
Until now, search and rescue robots have been mainly tracked and either self-righting or able to operate either side up…
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Commercial crossover makes Aeroscraft military airship dream come true
Long, silver, cigar-shaped - had the 81m Dragon Dream airship prototype shaken off its tethers when it was set loose…
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Straining ‘hearts and minds’ – the problem with private militaries
On 16 September 2006, a US Army convoy accompanied by guards employed by the Blackwater private military company was approaching…