Increasing military conflict on the world stage has seen a significant increase in research and development funding in the defence sector as countries scramble for advantage. The future of national security and defence will increasingly be focused on the information domain.
In a world of cloud, AI, biometrics, data analytics and augmented reality, the most influential military technologies being actively developed include:
- Artificial intelligence,
- Robotics and,
- Autonomous systems.
These new technologies are transforming the battlefield in terms of sustainability, autonomy, connectivity, and lethality.