A recent restructure of the Defence Equipment and Support procurement agency’s Individual Capability Group has intensified the focus on the ‘soldier as a system’ concept. Laura Walkinshaw talks to Brigadier Mark Gaunt about reducing the burden of equipment on the dismounted close-combat soldier.

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The global armoured vehicles MRO market is expected to increase at a CAGR of 5.68% to reach $7.1 billion by 2022, driven by factors such as aging military equipment, and internal and external security threats, Strategic Defence Intelligence analysis reveals.

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Cybersecurity has long been a hot topic across the defence sector, but as cybercriminals worldwide step up their efforts, traditional countermeasures are no longer sufficient. Michael de Crespigny, CEO of the Information Security Forum (ISF), explains to DSSI what defence contractors can do to identify and mitigate the danger.

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Key headlines from 2012 include London's Olympic security, conflicts in Syria and Israel and US President Barack Obama's re-election. Army-technology.com wraps up the top stories of the year.

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From NACHOS to WOMBAT and ASRAAM to MANPADS military acronyms are frequently awkward and often unintentionally hilarious. With the festive season upon us, Berenice Baker reviews the ones that tickle us at Army-technology.com the most.

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In this issue: President Obama’s approach to Middle East relations, a new wave of kamikaze unmanned aircraft, technologically advanced smartphones for the battlefield and the war against piracy.

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An escalation in the conflict between Israel and Gaza sparked international condemnation, with US President Barack Obama forced into action just days after being re-elected. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from November 2012.

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Taking inspiration from science-fiction, the development of electromagnetic pulse-like weapons is about to jolt into life. Liam Stoker profiles Boeing's recently tested CHAMP missile and finds out how an Israeli grenade has been engineered to obliterate all communications without causing any loss of life.

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Few issues show up the two sides of US / Russian relations more than the question of nuclear non-proliferation and little polarises those differences better than the Nunn-Lugar agreement. Now, for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the message from Moscow is that Russia will not renew a two decade old treaty credited with the dismantling of more than 7,500 nuclear warheads.

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As the exchange of hostilities between Israel and Gaza escalates, questions are being raised about the effectiveness of Israel's Iron Dome air defence system. By Berenice Baker.

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