British Army

UK Army Medics to Use AR Glasses for Remote Battlefield Surgical Assistance

The British Army is testing technology that allows medical specialists thousands of miles away from the battlefield to instruct frontline medics how to operate on injured soldiers using augmented reality.

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Pixelated Camouflage to Make British Tanks 80 Percent Harder to Detect 

A recent trial has shown that a new multi-colored, pixelated coating on British tanks has reduced their detection rate by 80 percent.

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British Army Gets 30 Nano ‘Bug’ Drones for Better Reconnaissance

The British Army has bought 30 'Bug' drones to provide soldiers with an aerial view of potential threats without the unmanned aerial vehicle being easily detected by the enemy.

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UK Marines Test ‘Throwbots’ Lobbed Inside Buildings

The UK Royal Marines recently tested a lightweight reconnaissance robot that can be lobbed over walls or into a building to get live footage of what’s going on inside the structure.

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UK Military Could Have ‘Drone Swarms’ Ready by Middle of Next Year

The UK military could have “drone swarm” units by the middle of next year to perform tasks including suicide missions inside enemy lines and overwhelming adversary air defenses.

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Quarter of British Soldiers Could Be Robots By 2030s, Top General Says

Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Sir Nick Carter claimed a quarter of British soldiers could be robots by the 2030s.

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UK Unveils Shotgun-Armed Drone Prototype for Indoor Fighting

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has developed a drone prototype armed with a twin-barrel stabilized shotgun, particularly for indoor operations.

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£2.8 billion British Army Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle contract ‘secured’

A £2.8 billion contract for more than 500 Boxer armored vehicles for the British Army's Mechanised Infantry Vehicle requirement has been "secured"

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Rheinmetall and BAE launch UK-based military vehicle joint venture

Rheinmetall and BAE Systems launched a joint venture for the design, manufacture and support of land vehicles based in the UK

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UK veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer higher rates of PTSD

The overall rate of probable PTSD for British veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars was nine percent, compared to five percent of those who did not deploy to those conflicts.

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