This month we look at the military's unique role in coordinating and delivering disaster relief.

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Frontline medics risk their own lives everyday to operate in the world's most perilous environments. Elisabeth Fischer talks to Tom Ashman, a former combat medic with the Canadian Forces Medical Branch, about the incredible pressure of treating soldiers under fire.

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Despite economic woes Spain is still expected to spend almost $60bn on its armed forces between 2010 and 2015. Using detailed iCD Research market data naval-technology.com reports on a growing market for both imports and exports set against a backdrop of increasing terrorist threats and tense budgetary concerns throughout the EU.

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The soldier of the future can expect to be equipped with the latest in surveillance, protection and life-saving technology. Army-technology.com uncovers some of the advancements being made as worldwide armies prepare for their prospective future soldier programmes.

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Riots rage in the UK, rebels advance on Tripoli and the T-50 stealth fighter takes centre stage at the Moscow Air Show. Defence editor Berenice Baker casts an eye over the key military news that hit the headlines over the last month.

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Ever-changing threats demand innovative and ever-evolving defence solutions. Defence & Security Systems International editor Mark Brierley takes a look at the latest developments in CBRNe defence technology research and spending.

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Logistics is critically important to defence - lives are at stake with every decision. Angus MacGregor-Millar, SAP's head of Industry Business Unit Defence, and Systematic CEO Michael Holm tell Berenice Baker how a system that combines benefits of command and control and logistics makes a safer, more efficient operation.

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IEDs have come a long way since the gunpowder plot. They are growing in sophistication, and military countermeasures and strategies are having a hard time keeping pace. Andy Oppenheimer reports on this constant game of catch-up.

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The adoption of an interoperable open architecture by the UK MoD will have a profound effect on defence procurement. Gordon Hunt, chief applications engineer at RTI, explains how, with its new generic vehicle architecture and Def Stan 23-09, the MoD has been more innovative and impactful than any previous defence procurement agency.

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Harmonising Europe's milsatcom infrastructure is no mean feat. One must take into account varying requirements of member nations and budget constraints affecting defence procurement. However, commercial satellite technology can help make this process simpler and more effective, as Rodolphe Paris of the European Defence Agency tells Mark Brierley.

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