International arms transfers in the five years 2015 to 2019 increased by 5.5% compared with 2010 to 2014, with the US, Russia, France, Germany and China leading arms exports, according to research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

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Boeing has revealed details of its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), its entrant into the US Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype competition.

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In an increasingly online world it can be hard to keep an eye on content. Global Defence Technology spoke to Tech Against Terrorism’s research manager Jacob Berntsson to get the inside track on how terrorist content is discovered, and to find out more about the long-term fight against online extremism.

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An Army Technology poll has found that 62% of readers think NATO needs an overhaul to effectively defend member states.

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The march of autonomy continues in the defence industry, with unmanned ground vehicles in development for armed forces around the globe. Harry Lye asks whether this could spell the end of the era of the manned tank.

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According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) report The Military Balance 2020, European countries stepped up their defence spending by 4.2% in 2019.

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With a long career at the heart of the UK’s defence science and technology sector in her role as a senior principal scientist at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Women in Defence award winner Phillippa Spencer has worked on the UK’s adoption of the F-35, currently leads a project mitigating the risks of autonomous systems and the recovery effort after the Novichok incident in Salisbury. Here she tells us about her career in defence.

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As NATO enters a new decade of existence, the 70-year-old alliance has begun to address the fact that the face of war has changed significantly. Harry Lye heard from NATO leaders and think-tankers how NATO is adapting to meet new threats and challenges.

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In this issue: A look inside Defender Europe 20, what UGVs mean for the future of tanks, how NATO is adapting to new threats, benefits of electrification for logistics support, and more

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Army Technology lists ten of the most popular tweets on military and security in Q4 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
The top tweets were chosen from influencers as tracked by GlobalData’s Influencer Platform, which is based on a scientific process that works on pre-defined parameters. Influencers are selected after a deep analysis of the influencer’s relevance, network strength, engagement, and leading discussions on new and emerging trends.

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