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Discover a comprehensive but brief breakdown of the most pressing issues facing defence, security and critical infrastructure, bringing opinions together from disparate sources. Our articles are typically less complex and more journalistic in style than detailed reports, serving to break down information rapidly and reach recommendations at the end.

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In a post-pandemic world, the cyber threat remains up, but vigilance remains down

23 Nov 2021

As the pandemic deepened and lockdowns were enforced, many organisations with large physical infrastructure footprints de-prioritised the need for red teaming. But what has this meant for the digital pandemic?

 
Defeating drones: beyond the headlines

22 Sep 2021

Energy beams. Cannons that shoot nets. Trained falcons. There are dozens of headline-grabbing solutions to threats posed by the hostile or careless use of drones. But the most newsworthy countermeasures are not always the most effective.

 
Grey Zone Interim Update

03 Jun 2021

Despite COVID-19 disruptive and destabilising tactics by modern adversaries continues. In the race for global political and territorial gain, there’s been an increase in trade sanctions and import tariffs, election meddling, technology bans, poisonin

 
Enabling Integration

06 Apr 2021

In its September 2020 document, The Integrated Operating Concept 2025, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) explicitly outlines its intent to integrate a wider range of capabilities – nationally, internationally, and across the five domains – to meet mod

 
What can mosquitos teach us?

03 Aug 2020

An international research team has reported the development of a new collision-avoidance sensor system for drones.

 
No more jetlag? DARPA plans a travel adapter for the human body

23 Jul 2020

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recently announced a new program that aims to develop an adapter to support travelling military personnel.

 
Secure Data, Insecure Future

29 May 2020

Edition three of our TechWatch publication includes a deep dive into Secure Communications across the defence and security market. Subscribe to all future editions of TechWatch in this article.

 
Ultra-thin, flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper

22 May 2020

An ultra-thin, flexible electronic material that can be printed and rolled out like newspaper could be the touchscreens of the future.

 
New LIDAR sensor can plot velocity as a fourth dimension

16 Mar 2020

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas exhibited a range of autonomous and semiautonomous vehicles, along with a plethora of associated sensor technologies.

 
Artificial leaf produces fuel through photosynthesis

10 Mar 2020

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed an artificial leaf that can produce synthetic gas (or ‘syngas’) without releasing carbon dioxide.

 
Nanoparticle injections may allow soldiers to see in the dark

04 Mar 2020

A team of scientists from China and the US have succeeded in developing nanoparticles that convert infrared (IR) light to visible light.

 
Beyond Prototype Warfare

10 Sep 2019

Joining the dots between technology experimentation and our future fighting vision will deliver an effective RAS Land strategy

 
A Critical Next Step

19 Jul 2019

The right choices for successful human-machine teaming

 
Battle in beta mode: the age of Prototype Warfare

20 May 2019

Prototype Warfare is a concept that has been discussed by military strategists and commentators for nearly 20 years. Now we need to make it reality.

 
The deployable fourth industrial revolution

04 Oct 2018

As industrial innovation drives a new range of intelligent tools and services into the open market to be accessed by anyone with sufficient resources, defence, security and critical infrastructure organisations suddenly face a stark challenge .

 
How Governments can counter the threat of drones

09 Aug 2018

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones offer tremendous opportunities for good: they can be used for filming, delivering commercial products or delivering humanitarian aid to some of the most dangerous locations on the planet.

 
Five things defence can learn from industry’s big data journey

02 Aug 2018

Dunnhumby was the company behind Tesco’s Clubcard scheme - a loyalty programme that tracks customer purchases as a way to offer rewards for frequent shopping and more targeted promotions. It was also a pioneer of harnessing big data for tangibl

 
To succeed we must learn to fail faster

18 May 2018

The role of failure in matching the pace of technological change in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

 
4iR and New Economics

04 May 2018

What should we expect from the economic models born out of the newest industrial revolution?

 
Staying Live

23 Apr 2018

Richard Powell, QinetiQ’s Head of Strategic Engagement for the Maritime sector, explains the rising value of live testing in an increasingly digitised defence environment.

 
Power of the user

12 Apr 2018

Why taking users on the deployment journey is critical for the effective use of 4iR technology in mission-critical environments.

 
Test and evaluation of adaptive intelligent systems

12 Apr 2018

Adaptive Intelligent Systems are among several emerging technologies being applied across a range of environments as part of a widespread shift in the technology we use every day, under the banner of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4iR).

 
Leadership and management in a 4iR world

12 Apr 2018

Freyja Lockwood, Senior Consultant at QinetiQ, leads a discussion on how new approaches to leadership and management may be required to enable the successful utilisation of emerging technologies in mission critical environments.

 
The bigger picture

12 Apr 2018

The Fourth Industrial Revolution presents us with an opportunity to shape the way we work in advance of the technological changes that we can’t necessarily anticipate.

 
A fine balance

12 Apr 2018

The ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ is delivering a raft of emergent technologies into the defence and security environments that are challenging current legal and regulatory practices.

 
Putting people first - 4iR moves into maritime

12 Apr 2018

The report 'The Ocean Economy in 2030' identifies that the maritime industry is poised to undergo a transition, potentially doubling its contribution to global value creation.

 
Securing the spectrum

12 Apr 2018

In cities across Europe, car thieves are using GSM-jamming devices to disable vehicle security systems.

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