The US DoD’s ‘controversial’ transgender policy came into effect, New Zealand voted to ban semi-automatic firearms and the US Army awarded contracts for FARA build prototype. Army-Technology.com wraps up key stories from April 2019.

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From 1988 onwards, military expenditure in South Africa has fluctuated. After a small surge spending throughout the 2000s, South Africa’s Department of Defence is now looking to make further cuts. What are some of the key reasons behind the fluctuations in military spending and what future investments could affect expenditure further?

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BAE Systems plans to recruit 700 new apprentices across its UK air, land and maritime businesses in 2019. What sort of tasks do apprentices take on at the nation’s largest defence company and how does it help them to find their feet early on in their defence careers?

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The Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute has released the latest data for world military spending. How has national defence expenditure changed in 2018?

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Understanding what happens in the very first moments of an explosion could help save lives by informing the design of bomb protection systems for buildings and military vehicles. But capturing data about the extreme conditions at the very centre of a blast has historically proven challenging. Engineers at the University of Sheffield are using innovative tools and techniques to do this through the Mechanism and Characterisation of Explosions project.

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At this year’s Security and Counter Terror Expo (SCTX 2019), visitors arrived to view the latest themes in defence and security across eight diverse fields. From virtual reality military training suites to discussions on counter-drone technology, Talal Husseini rounds up the contemporary challenges and novel solutions shaping the future of defence.

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Re-coding soldier performance with biological testing, new exoskeletons, the best of Security and Counter Terror Expo 2019, UAV swarms for search & rescue missions, and more.

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Defence exhibitions and conferences provide an opportunity for defence companies, organisations, and individuals to showcase their products or services, and discuss the latest innovations in defence technology. What are the top defence events coming up in 2019?

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The world’s ten biggest arms importing countries received arms worth more than $15bn from overseas in 2018.

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Determining the location of an enemy radar system in real time is essential to protect military personnel and equipment, but existing methods of finding them are labour intensive. The UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence and Security Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has developed an artificial intelligence solution dubbed Moonlight to gather accurate, real-time information on them to help support military missions.

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