The upcoming Unmanned Warrior exercise takes place during October 2016 in Scotland. Unmanned Warrior is the largest ever demonstration of unmanned and autonomous vehicles ever held. With over 50 vehicles collecting data remotely in the air, on the surface, and …
The benefits of using helium in children’s party balloons have long been recognised. The fact that it is much lighter than air and, unlike hydrogen, not flammable makes it ideal for the task. But what is almost certainly less well …
New innovative concepts for sonar can arise from studying how nature has solved numerous problems helped by millions of years of evolution. Here’s a question….what is the loudest animal on earth size for size? A blue whale (favourite answer of …
Today, 23 June is National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) - an International campaign to raise awareness of women in engineering. National Women in Engineering Day was set up by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary. Their aim being to …
Cyber warfare has become the latest addition to the arsenal of countermeasures that the military operator must now consider alongside other force multipliers such as Electronic Warfare (EW). For hundreds of years we formed armies; when we learned how to …
AWE has proudly been at the forefront of the UK nuclear deterrent programme for more than 60 years and delivers innovative solutions in safeguarding national security, playing a crucial role in our nation’s defence by providing and maintaining warheads for Trident, the UK’s …
What is the UK-French MCM ITP? What does it deliver? And how do you get so many different participants together to share their ideas for future technologies? Mark Owen explains here. The Materials and Components for Missiles Innovation and Technology …
All medical facilities need to ensure cleanliness. But with the nature of military operations always changing, and the potential of chemical and biological attack, military hospitals may have to keep clean both inside and out. All this and be ready …
The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), published at the end of 2015, recognised that the UK is a global leader in science, technology, medicine, energy, and the creative industries. Many new ideas and funding …
Virtual reality technology is no longer a futuristic concept, as the UK government invests in making a more realistic training experience for frontline soldiers. Plextek Consulting has been working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to create an …