The Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) will receive €877.33m of additional funding in the 2013 budget from the government and Canada has issued a request for proposals for the medium-support vehicle system (MSVS) standard military pattern (SMP) programme. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from July 2013.

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Freed from their tethers and from minute-to-minute human guidance too, today's robots are a far cry from their forebears. Dr Gareth Evans reports on how companies like Robotics Engineering Excellence (RE2) are working to equip military robots with greater levels of on-board decision-making capabilities – and perhaps, ultimately, full autonomy.

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This year's Defence Vehicle Dynamics show was the first to be run jointly by the MOD's Defence Equipment and Support organisation and army HQ. This new relationship means soldiers' needs will directly drive plans for new and overhauled armoured vehicles in support of Army 2020, as explained at the event by DE&S head of Armoured Vehicles Programmes Brigadier Robert Talbot Rice.

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The latest round of grants under the US Department of Defense University Research Instrumentation Program lists Brain Computer Interfacing as an area of funded research. While military interest in mind control is hardly new, Dr Gareth Evans finds out how far the technology has come and whether we may be nearing a breakthrough via a new generation of brain computer interfaces.

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The US Army office responsible for financial management, known as Army G-8, has released an ambitious equipment modernisation plan for fiscal year 2014. With the ongoing challenge of budget cuts and redundancies, and the threat of sequestration, all set against a background of withdrawal from long-term conflicts and preparation for new future theatres, how realistic is it?

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In this issue: We discuss the importance of protecting critical infrastructure to ensure adequate cyber-defence, examine the military capabilities on the Korean Peninsula, find out if multinational arms procurement can survive budget cuts and much more

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The US army proposed to cut 12 brigade combat teams by 2017, India is planning to spend $0.1tn on futuristic warfare weapons and the UK Army received the first Terrier light-armoured vehicle. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from June 2013.

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Lethal autonomous robotics – weapons systems that once deployed can, without further human intervention, select and engage a human target – are a very real possibility using modern military technology. Human rights lawyer Prof. Christof Heyns explains why he presented a report on these killer robots to the United Nations asking member states to impose a moratorium on their use.

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Earlier this month, CIA technical contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was gathering data from the world's biggest web firms via PRISM activity. Just what is PRISM and are the benefits it claims to offer national and international security worth what some consider a breach of the right to privacy?

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In this issue: We look at the UK’s critical role in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, the Australian military’s plan to protect the country’s mineral resources, why investment in portable power systems is declining and much more

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