To significantly improve the warfare decision-making, the British Army has launched a new digital targeting system called ASGARD, which stands for Autonomous Strike Guidance and Reconnaissance Device. This system aims to help soldiers find, target, and eliminate enemy forces more quickly. ASGARD has already passed successful tests in the field with NATO forces in Estonia….
The Armed Forces are in the midst of a recruiting crisis due to an inability to process applications quickly and effectively. Last year, the British Army, Royal Navy and RAF received 177,510 applications to join the forces, but were able to only recruit just 10,930 as the three services failed to meet recruitment targets. The…
A British war veteran who survived the D-Day landings, as well as being shot three times in the line of duty, has died aged 101. Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, served in 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards during World War 2 and was in the thick of it as the allied forces…
One African country has an army six times the size of Britain’s, run on a military budget around eight times smaller. Not only does the North African country have the largest army population on the continent, it was also the tenth largest in the world with 450,000 active soldiers, according to the Global Firepower Index…
Exercising and eating more healthily before major surgery could speed recovery and halve risk of complications, a study found. The process is known as “prehabilitation”, a term dating back to World War II when the British Army used a similar approach to improve the general health and fitness of military recruits. Researchers reviewed data from…