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The article focuses on the continuous advancements in research at large institutes like FFI. Topics include the launch of surveillance satellites Birkeland and Huygens as part of international cooperation, Norway's civil-military cooperation in space-based capabilities and challenges and developments in satellite communications in the Arctic.

The article discusses the increasing importance of cyber in the military. It mentions that with the evolution of internet of things (IoT) and edge computing, as well as the increasing digitisation of vehicles and other platforms, cyberspace is likely to have an even greater impact on other domains in the coming decades, making it a defining military challenge.

The article discusses the key aspects and features of the 2010 Annual Defense Report of the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and industry in general. The various challenges and difficulties faced by the armed forces of the world and ways in which they were overcome are highlighted.

The Hellenic Armed Forces are reevaluating their procurement programs in October 2010 in view of Greece's ongoing economic crisis. The article reviews Greece's land, sea and air capabilities and the potential impact of a major reduction in defense spending.

The article discusses the position that NATO appears to be taking with regards to an international response to the melting Arctic region, which is suddenly much in demand. The advantages that the Arctic is offering nations of the world such as new deposits of oil and gas, hydroelectric power, trade and business are highlighted.

The article discusses and reviews the year 2009 in terms of the global defense sector and the financial and human challenges encountered. Details of what the future holds for the defense sector all over the world in 2010 are also highlighted.

The decision of Norway's Ministry of defense (MoD) to select the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is indicative of change in the Norwegian defense industry. Some of the challenges that the Norwegian defense industry faces while establishing its position in the global market are highlighted.

The U.S. and its allies are upgrading or replacing their aircraft engines for better fuel efficiency in an effort to reduce dependency on foreign supplies of oil. The U.S. Air Force is also working toward having its entire fleet of aircrafts certified to run on synthetic fuel by 2011, though experts have raised doubts about the same.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is being forced to look at alternative means of energy supply, as it is a major consumer of energy. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is pursuing controversial alternative energy sources.

The UK defense market is looking quite optimistic and hopeful of the future keeping in mind its international diversification. Despite the dismal condition of the global economy UK defense companies have managed to stay afloat and even post profits.

The article presents the discussion on DARPA's new program, Alert WARfighter Enablement (AWARE). Topics include developing a light-based system to control the effects and duration of stimulants used by military personnel, particularly pilots, to enhance alertness and reduce side effects; and goal of minimizing negative side effects like anxiety and insomnia, and the focus on targeting specific brain regions to improve cognitive performance.

The article reports that the U.S. Army Research Laboratory worked on military technologies but it expanded after it became the part of the new Army Futures Command.

The article discusses the USAF's AFWERX Challenge initiative aimed at integrating commercial and academic innovations into military technology. Topics include the use of workshops, crowdsourcing, and innovative contracting methods to accelerate solutions, the focus on dual-use and military-specific technologies like Alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (AltPNT), and the involvement of SpaceWERX in overseeing space-focused projects.

The purpose of NATO's anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden is defined as 'deter and disrupt' and operates on a layered defense concept. The author argues that, while the international anti-piracy movement has been successful, it is hindered by legal confusion over dealing with arrested pirates and ongoing instability in Somalia.

The French and Russian defense industries, though rivals are now ready to co-operate towards developing high technology. This will help in technological research and development while they still continue fighting over export contracts.

The article focuses on Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) Pillar 2, emphasizing quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, and electronic warfare, as critical components for multi-domain operations. Topics include collaboration challenges, the importance of knowledge-sharing, and recommendations for accelerating innovation and adopting new capabilities within the AUKUS partnership and AUKUS nations are encouraged to leverage hybrid cloud and technologies to address risks.

The article sheds light on the utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in military cyberspace, addressing challenges encompassing doctrine, legal considerations, and personnel roles. It explores AI's role in defensive and offensive cyber operations while emphasizing issues surrounding its application in defense strategies, including legal frameworks and manpower.

The article focuses on the efforts of the United Nations to protect civilians and its personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic. It formed a special team called the Field Support Group, which identified and pursued efforts in several critical areas, including the provision of medical supplies, dealing with troop rotations and how to best communicate in the time of social distancing. It also presents views of JeanPierre Lacroix, UN under-secretary-general for peace operations.

The article reports that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has supported the early development of a wide range of military technologies, from stealth capabilities to micro-electronics. It mentions complexity of conflict through directed energy weapons, hypersonic weapons, and electronic warfare (EW). It also mentions fosters an emphasis on faster computing, advances in artificial intelligence (AI), improved sensors, and other developments.

The article focuses on issues regarding cyber security in the global aerospace and defence (A&D) industry. It mentions crossover between the cyber and electronic warfare (EW) environments with a view to operating and fighting in those domains. It also mentions commercial advances in fields like artificial intelligence and machine learning and interoperability and digital systems play a growing role in defence capabilities.

The article discusses about the modernisation in US army. Topics of discussion includes the six matereil priorities for the procurement includes long range precision fires, next generation combat vehicles, future verticle lift. The priorities are fuelled with change in strategic outlook with focus on operations and readiness.

The article discusses that small and medium-sized enterprises are carving out new opportunities in the defence industry, but still face barriers around bureaucracy, profile, and costs. It mentions prime contractors already use many such firms in their supply chains and focus on defence niches, with the cyber domain being an important example. It also mentions ADS has also used the database to assess the preparedness of companies for Great Britain's exit from the European Union.

The article focuses on an interview with United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix at the Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting held in Accra, Ghana in December 2023. Topics discussed include the pledges amounting to 117 military and police units from 33 member countries that would support the UN in replenishing its Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System, the challenges posed by escalating global tensions to peacekeeping and the New Agenda for Peace.

The article offers information on biological technology programs by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - Tellus and Arcadia. Tellus aims to develop programmable microbes for military sensors, while Arcadia focuses on using microbes to create beneficial coatings on military assets, such as preventing corrosion and decreasing drag.

The article focuses on several defense procurement of countries such as Germany and Great Britain. It mentions that Czech government has signed an agreement to renew the country's lease of Saab JAS39 Gripen fighters out to 2027; and Germany has leased Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use in Afghanistan. It also mentions that Greek government has reached on a deal for FREMM frigate Aquitaine.

The article discusses how defence primes are balancing benefits of outside innovation and expertise with need to maintain security standards and protect their intellectual property. It mentions views of David Broadbent, vice-president of contracts in the U.S. company's intelligence, information, and services business, on 'Better Buying Power' acquisition initiative from 2010. It reveals that Raytheon adopted a strategic sourcing approach where it reduced the number of suppliers it used.

The article focuses on decline in demand in the military logistics market with the U.S. and allied operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It mentions fuel and water tank space and signs of increasing demand among customers for ‘containerisation', which is the use of intermodal tankers or containers. It also mentions military load handling equipment as well as through the civil logistics chain.

The article discusses the issue faced by the aerospace and defence industries in U.S. which is the shortage of skilled and qualified workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. It outlines the focus of defence aerospace company Lockheed Martin to hire skilled and STEM-qualified workers. Topics discussed include efforts pursued to improve ethnic diversity of the workforce and to inculcate cyber security in the industry.

The article offers information on propaganda and disinformation on social media and how this poses a challenge to the militarily and how modern editing technologies and mass communication tools play a role in it. Topics discussed include the views of Colonel Joshua Major of Canada regarding how fake news influences the perception of military personnel, US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Media Forensics programme, threat based on machine learning techniques.

Although serving a small nation with modest military capabilities,{reland's armed forces are nevertheless far from isolated or insular in their defence outlook, as Gerrard Cowan reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a threat for a cybersecurity, its danger to military systems and networks, and views of the head of Cyber Technologies at Israel Aerospace Industries, Esti Peshin on its impact in the world. Cyber attack is also mentioned as fifth domain of warfare and discusses its challenges and how to protect the platform from attacking by regular updating and upgrading with new defenses. It also discusses US cyber industries and cyber development.

The article discusses the aims and objectives behind the signing of the first significant contract under the UK's Defense Training Review (DTR) project. The project is finally beginning to fall into place following a delay as well a lot of media criticism for nearly 2 years.

The article discusses smaller nations making significant contributions through their contribution and work with multilateral institutions and military missions. It mentions an informal grouping of United Nations' small nations known as the Forum of Small States and their attraction towards institutions such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Defence Agency (EDA) and their projects, as these countries in isolation can exercise only a limited military influence.

The article focuses on the Swedish defence strategy. Topics discussed include comments from Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist on change in its strategy and upgrade of military capabilities; Sweden's relations with Finland and comments from Colonel Magnus Liljegren of the Swedish Air Force (SwAF) on bilateral cooperation under the Nordic Defence Co-operation (NORDEFCO).

The article discusses the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Arctic Strategy to secure Arctic region as a result of climate changes. Topics discussed include impact of diminishing Arctic region's sea ice on increasing challenges for economic opportunities, safety concern for the DoD's Arctic coastal infrastructure because of coastal erosion, and presents the views of Sakari Martimo, project manager at the European Defence Agency (EDA), on the same.

The article discusses how satellites are embedded in the infrastructure of military communications and mentions how Boeing Government Satellite Systems is the contractor for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system. Topics include investments in phased array antennas and digital signal processing, how data transmission system SpaceDataHighway uses laser communications and transmitting information and data between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft, and satellites.

The article presents the discussion on US Air Force's AFWERX having partnered with Near Earth Autonomy (NEA) for developing reliability standards for autonomous aircraft and establishing a risk-based approach enabling the development of safety cases for typical transport operations.

The article informs that the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is working with other military organisations to develop a new project Synthetic Fuels for the Contested Environment (SynCE) focused on sustainable fuels. It mentions that the aim of the project is supporting decarbonisarion efforts and reducing rhe logistics burden on deployed personnel.

The article reports that multilateral international missions involve different levels of co-operation between countries, including through sharing assets in theatre and this has deepened recently, in a trend militaries expect to become more common. topics include the most significant military asset sharing initiative is the Norwegian-led project to rotate a C-l 30 Hercules transport aircraft for use in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

The article reports on the paper ‘Autonomous Cyber Capabilities under International Law' from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). Topics discussed include the use of autonomy as part of cyber operations, the 2010 Stuxnet computer worm which infect the industrial control systems (ICSs) of the gas centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in Iran; and views of the paper's co-author Rain Liivoja on weapon systems.

The article reports that big data could hold benefits for defence manufacturing and the defence sector as a whole in everything from modelling platforms to predictive maintenance. Topics include vies of Chris Carnahan, assistant vice-president for technical operations and standards at the American Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) on the same and one company attempting to leverage big data and machine learning to enhance its manufacturing process is stated to be Lockheed Martin.

The article discusses about the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) work in hypersonics. It is reported that the DIU has been expanding its Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) to test new hypersonic technologies for various categories. It further focuses on addressing practical challenges in areas such as materials and propulsion, communication systems, and alternative guidance navigation and control systems.

The article discusses the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on European cyber defense, specifically on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), which focuses on cyberspace issues for NATO. It mentions that Märt Noorma, director of the CCDCOE, emphasized the importance of public-private cooperation in modern cyber defense, as most of cyberspace is owned, controlled, and commanded by the private sector.

The article focuses on the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's(NRL) work on nanocrystalline ceramics, particularly tungsten carbide, to develop stronger and harder materials for use in armor and manufacturing. It mentions that the NRL is working on reducing the grain size of ceramics to nanometers, introducing a metal matrix, and applying the Hall-Petch relationship to increase strength and hardness.

The article reports that aerospace firm Lockheed Martin has expanded use of artificial intelligence (AI) in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Topics discussed include onboard sensor used by the unmanned aircraft system (UAS), Lockheed Martin helped in reconfiguration of software by open source firm Red Hat Device Edge, and views of Greg Forrest, director of AI Foundations at Lockheed Martin, on the same.

The article focuses on the Serbia's efforts to increase its participation in international peacekeeping operations. It presents views of Lieutenant Commander Jovan Krivokapić , on participation of Serbian Armed Forces in multinational operations under the auspices of the United Nations and the European Union. It mentions Belgrade has signed an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The article looks at the threat posed by the cyber domain to the militaries and defence companies. It highlights the growing attention given by defence companies worldwide on the cyber domain, deemed as the fifth domain after land, sea, air, and space, noting their establishment of dedicated business units to address the challenges. It explores the importance of cyber-threat intelligence for predicting cyber threats and discusses the concept of the Internet of Things.

Liam Fox, the U.K. Defense Secretary has confirmed the retirement of the U.K. Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious from service in 2014. The planned retirement was a part of the U.K. Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR).

General Sir Richard Dannatt (Ret), Former Chief of the General Staff of the British Army speaks about the need for redesigning of the Army for dealing with future threats. Dannatt also elaborates on several decisions under the U.K. Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR).

NATO in November 2010 revealed plans to establish a defense system to protect its territories against ballistic missile attacks and launch a joint study with Russia on possible missile defense cooperation. A NATO official stated the plan would probably involve two linked systems, with collaboration at the level of data exchange.