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Universal Soldier: US expects cyborg troops in 30 years

An unclassified US Department of Defense report says future computer-enhanced soldiers could sport ocular, auditory and neural enhancements.
UK ground forces ‘comprehensively outgunned’ by Russia: RUSI

A report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) says that the UK’s ground forces would be outmatched by Russia and calls for fire capabilities to be a modernisation focus.
UK General Election 2019: Party manifestos square up on defence

The UK general election will take place on 12 December and the major parties have set out their policies in their manifestos. Army Technology reviews their pledges on defence, covering...
Qioptiq and the art of seeing

At this year’s DSEI Qioptiq showcased its vision solutions ranging from soldier-worn to vehicle-mounted and aerial systems. Harry lye stopped by to find out more about the technology.
Can bacteria be used for bomb detection?

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Raytheon and Signature Science contracts to research bacterial sensors to detect underground explosives. Army Technology spoke to Raytheon to learn...
DSEI Japan addresses unstable neighbours and growing regional threats

DSEI heads to Japan today, marking the first time the event has left London. Army Technology looks at the unique defence priorities of Japan and the threats it faces in...
Gaming and the future of military training: Insights from Slitherine

Game developers have long drawn inspiration from the military, but now armed forces and defence contractors are increasingly looking to gaming technology for their training software. Harry Lye caught up...
Catching up with private sector innovation: new issue of Global Defence Technology out now

In this issue: Gaming meets military training, bringing defence equipment up to speed with commercial innovation, the US Air Force’s service acquisition executive on the future of autonomy, Raytheon's work...
October’s top news stories

Bell Textron released rotorcraft Bell 360 Invictus as its proposal for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototype programme, and Microsoft beat Amazon in the $10bn competition...
Twitter round-up: Crash-landing of Dhruv chopper leads October mentions

Army Technology lists ten of the most popular tweets on military and security in October 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.