This programme examines emerging technologies and their application to military forces.

We explore the doctrinal, strategic and ethical implications to the adoption of new technology. The programme especially focuses on developments in the United Kingdom.

The programme is designed to analyse:

- UK Research and Development, including the implications of the Defence Technology Strategy and the follow-on Defence Technology Plan

- Adoption and ethics of new technologies

- Development, concepts and doctrine surrounding military technology

The programme particularly focuses on the UK's Network-Enabled Capabilities, examining the implications for the C4ISTAR sector of the Defence Industrial Strategy and the Enabling Acquisition Change & Defence Technology Strategy white papers.

Other areas of interest include unmanned and autonomous military systems, the military use of space, surveillance systems and directed energy systems.

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