In a first of its kind exercise, robots have been used to breach defences in a joint drill by US and British forces. What is the significance of this milestone for the army and robotics?

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Historical documents suggest that people have used dogs to fight crime since the Middle Ages, when bloodhounds first helped track down ne’er-do-wells. Centuries on, technology is slowly beginning to catch up with dogs’ sensitive noses in terms of detecting the tiniest trace amounts of target substances, but nothing can rival canines in terms of agility and versatility.

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Technological advances in virtual and augmented reality mean that service personnel have a world of training environments quite literally at their fingertips. What are the latest developments in synthetic training environments?

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Preparation is crucial for protecting against cyberattacks and being able to predict when they are coming and where they are coming from is becoming increasingly important for the defence industry. The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator is tackling the issue with a new competition to spur innovation in predictive tools.

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British working-age military veterans are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as their equivalents in the UK’s general population – 11% compared with 6% – according to a Royal British Legion survey. At the same time, the 2018 Cyberthreat Defense Report by CyberEdge found that 80% of organisations can’t find qualified staff to fill cybersecurity positions.

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Oshkosh Defense won a $1.69bn US Army delivery order for 6,107 JLTVs, Morocco requested the $1.259bn sale of enhancements to 162 Abrams tanks from the US and the first US DoD-wide financial statement audit was completed for FY 18. Army-Technology.com wraps up key stories from November.

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In this issue: Protecting pilots from laser attacks, the DASA's search for new tools to predict cyberattacks, the latest on hypersonic weapons, improving safety across the armed forces, new missions for the US Navy's attack submarines and more.

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Harris and L3 agreed to merge as $33.5bn military technology company, PAE won US Army contract to compete for $2.4bn in task orders and the UK MoD opened all roles in the military to women. Army-Technology.com wraps up key stories from October.

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In this issue: The future of air combat training, a look inside multi-domain operations with Lockheed Martin, how US drone plans ended up on the Dark Web, Dstl’s new frontine delivery robots, and more.

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DARPA to invest $2bn to accelerate the third wave of AI programmes, Poland to acquire Patriot system under the US Army’s $1.5bn FMS contract and the US reportedly cancelled $300m in military aid to Pakistan. Army-Technology.com wraps up the key news stories from September 2018.

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