A year in cybersecurity with the UK National Cyber Security Centre
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At a recent cybersecurity event, the National Cyber Security Sentre shared how its cyber assessment function weighs up current and future risks and tracks patterns in cyberattacks to improve future resilience. Berenice baker reports.
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Patriotic innovation in the age of great power competition: can it work?
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The Pentagon plans to create a programme to connect innovative defence technology start-ups with trusted sources of capital.
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Future of NATO: What Georgia joining means for the Western military alliance
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Georgia will become a NATO member in the future. That was reaffirmed during the joint press conference held in Tbilisi, after the meeting of the country’s prime minister Mamuka Bakhtadze with the NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.
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National politics trumps European arms cooperation
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Berlin has a point when it says that Saudi Arabia’s bloody military involvement in Yemen is solid grounds for a ban.
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US Army to save costs by going unmanned
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Currently, during combat operations, 20 gallons (or 75 litres) of fuel are consumed for the support of a single soldier.
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Expand to survive: how Rheinmetall is working to secure its future
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The turn of the year has been a busy period for Rheinmetall. The German company is engaging in a series of talks for joint ventures and investments to rapidly impose itself at the centre of the European land defence industrial base. However, Rheinmetall’s activities might be motivated more by a survivability dilemma than a genuinely expansionist strategy, according to analysis by GlobalData.
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Trump’s defence budget boosts Lockheed, but Saudi relationship a potential hazard
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Lockheed Martin has exceeded analyst expectations, but uncertainty over the future Saudi- US defence relations could impact the company’s future.
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Rise of the ultra-light military vehicle
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The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command has taken the delivery of its first ultra-light combat vehicles from US-based Polaris Industries. And they’re not the only ones interested with multiple countries on the lookout for fast and mobile transportation options. Claire Apthorp takes a look at the ultra-light options out there.
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The Challenger II gets an upgrade to cope with new Russian threats
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The UK needs to upgrade its fleet of Challenger 2 tanks to be able to compete with a new generation of highly dangerous Russian tanks, but after 20 years of service it might be better to start work on a brand new vehicle.
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Global tensions are encouraging countries to better arm themselves
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The Peace Research Institute, based in Oslo, estimates that 2016 was the fifth deadliest year since the end of the cold war, despite the overall number of conflicts falling.
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