All articles by Eva Grey

Plugging the UK explosives expertise brain drain

The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom delivers higher education for members of the Armed Forces and government representatives. Visiting…
Women in Defence: Defence technology’s female future

This year marks 100 years since women could first serve in the British military. Since then, British women have served…
Cyber insiders: Putting warriors on the front line against hack attacks

Cyber attacks against military targets are increasing exponentially. In June 2015 Brigadier Alan Hill, then head of Operate and Defend…
Fat fighters: can tech tackle the global military obesity problem?

The world’s waistlines are getting wider, and even military personnel, traditionally some of the fittest individuals around, aren’t immune to…
Putting an end to cruel “Danish Bacon” animal wounding exercises

Deliberately severely injuring animals so military surgeons can practice on them is such a horrific concept that it is no…

Latest In Defence – eye-like zoom; nuclear-inspired submarine; F-35 carrier landing

Sandia eye-like zoomThe zoom function on rifle scopes is vital for soldiers, and especially snipers, to get a close-up view.…
Video feature: Graphene holds promise as body armour

The Rice University team conducted miniature ballistic tests by firing microscopic projectiles at sheets of graphene, each consisting of a…
Falling cats and tumbling athletes inspire search and rescue robots

Until now, search and rescue robots have been mainly tracked and either self-righting or able to operate either side up…
Commercial crossover makes Aeroscraft military airship dream come true

Long, silver, cigar-shaped - had the 81m Dragon Dream airship prototype shaken off its tethers when it was set loose…
Straining ‘hearts and minds’ – the problem with private militaries

On 16 September 2006, a US Army convoy accompanied by guards employed by the Blackwater private military company was approaching…