Britain aims to arm Ukraine with new shoot-and-scoot ballistic missile system
Project Nightfall looks to supply Kyiv with a weapon that can carry a 200kg warhead and hit Russian targets as far away as 500 kilometres
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Technology Exclusive: Meet the FN VictoR – the possible future of military firearms training
FN says the device accurately detects and tracks fast-moving targets and also provides real-time feedback on a firer's performance
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Technology Military radios could be replaced to maintain communication security – by lasers
Nato has been working with Baltic company Astrolight to see if laser systems can provide a more secure form of comms
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Technology Videos purport to show first combat use of US-made one-way attack drones
The US military has stocks of homegrown Shahed lookalike UAVs – and analysts believe they may have been used in the Venezuela snatch mission
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Technology Shahed: The one-way attack drone so effective that the US had to have one too
The US version is designed to be robust and easy to make, and can be launched from various platforms, including catapult systems
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Navy New tech, old threats: Royal Navy to get AI-powered command hubs to tackle mines
The system will connect unmanned surface vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles and sensors through a single operating platform
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RAF RAF armourers: Safely making aircraft dangerous since the First World War
They are responsible for the maintenance, fitting and overseeing of everything from bombs, missiles and gun systems to all types of aircraft
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Technology One of a kind? The British Ultra drone which is helping Ukraine with its long-range missions
Its producers Windracers say it is in a class of its own
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Tri-Service All you need to know: Defence Counter Intelligence Unit and Military Intelligence Services
It is hoped that these changes will speed up how information is gathered, analysed and shared across the Armed Forces
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Ukraine Op Spiderweb: Most audacious covert mission of Ukraine war that nearly went very wrong
The operation took place on 1 June and put dozens of Russia's precious strategic bombers out of action
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Army Ajax issues to be expected but they should have been fixed by now, says ex-commander
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon says any AFV will experience teething troubles, but Ajax's safety issues should have been fixed a long time ago
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Opinion The real problem with Ajax is perception: We look like a bunch of amateurs to our enemies
Ajax is not the first armoured vehicle to face issues but sweeping issues under the rug is really damaging
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Nato Bang for your buck: $200m worth of Russian drones taken out by $15m Merops UAVs
Poland and Romania are the latest nations to receive the US-made battle-proven and cost-effective close-range air defence system
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Technology No pilot? No problem, as nations scramble to get uncrewed military helis airborne
The United States, the United Kingdom and China are all investing in a mix of semi- or fully autonomous rotary wing military aircraft
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Technology Stealth jets revealed and soldiers seen round corners: Welcome to quantum science
Quantum science is ground-breaking in terms of its medical applications, but defence looks set to use it too in a number of imaginative ways
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Tri-Service The hunt for the next Alan Turing: The MOD's plan to survive a war in cyberspace
A new breed of operators graduate from the Cyber Direct Entry Scheme and join the newly formed Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force