During the four-week Autonomous Warrior exercise at Salisbury Plain in November 2018, British troops and industry partners developed and tested more than 50 prototype technologies including enhanced surveillance drones and unmanned vehicles. What did the MOD learn from the exercise and how can the technologies be used to serve and protect troops on the ground?

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In this issue: Why we need international collaboration to prevent cyber warfare, how the F-35 could become vulnerable to hacking, solving NATO’s troop mobility issues in Europe, Dstl's new AI system to detect enemy rader, and more.

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Quantum sensing promises to revolutionise several areas for the military, from providing highly accurate positioning data to detecting submarines in the world’s oceans. Leading US Army scientists at the forefront of quantum sensing discuss how it could be used in the future and explain the dramatic results that are already being achieved.

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The British Army awarded a £1m contract to software developer BiSim to pilot the use of virtual reality (VR) for soldier training exercises, and the US Army revealed plans to buy the Iron Dome weapons system, which is currently operational with the Israeli military. Army-Technology.com wraps up key headlines from February 2019.

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The UK Ministry of Defence’s Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP) aims to remove obsolescence from the main battle tank, extend its out-of-service date by ten years to 2035 and upgrade its capabilities. Berenice Baker investigates the capabilities the two teams competing for the contract need to fulfil, and how the LEP could address the challenges facing future British Army tanks.

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Ten refurbished Bushmaster transport vehicles for the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) have been running for more than 12 months with radio systems provided by Barrett Communications. We catch up with Ben Jackson from Barrett to learn more about the vehicle upgrade project and the systems' performance.

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Modern self propelled howitzers such as the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV, Archer, Donar and PzH 2000 offer high lethality and manoeuvrability and are the backbone of the artillery corps.

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In this issue of GDT we catch up with Exercise Unmanned Warrior, speak to the developers of the US Army's new soldier protection system, explore the feasibility of space-based missile defence, check out Leonardo's infrared search & track system for fighter jets, and more.

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BAE Systems to create new UK combat vehicles JV with Germany’s Rheinmetall, US Supreme Court allowed DoD to implement transgender policy changes and CACI International to buy LGS Innovations for $750m. Army-Technology.com wraps up key stories from January.

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The US Marine Corps (USMC) is one of the most combat capable forces in the world and has been extensively deployed in warzones for the last two decades. While Marine units are still deployed in the Middle East and elsewhere to fight Islamic extremists, the risk of state-based conflict means the corps is going back to its expeditionary roots and experimenting for a deadlier type of war.

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