In this issue: New flexible UAV designs, applications for 3D printing, a look inside the UK’s space programme, the future of Fincantieri and Naval Group, the US Navy’s green fleet efforts and more

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From uncertainty around Brexit, Trump in the White House and the threat posed by rising powers in the East to a committed pursuit of NATO targets and massive projects like the F-35 and Trident, the defence landscape is by no means straightforward. Can looking back at the major trends of 2017 tell us anything about the year to come?

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US and Saudi Arabia sign $110bn arms deal, Suicide bomb blast at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester and Northrop agreed to acquire Orbital ATK in a $9.2bn deal. Army-technology.com wraps up key headlines from 2017.

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have come a long way since their first deployment, passing from oddity to a commonplace operational necessity. As one of the hottest areas for R&D, manufacturers and defence departments are focusing on perfecting flexibility, endurance and autonomy.

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With North Korean aggression steadily ramping up over the course of the year, the world has been forced to deal with the looming possibility of a nuclear-armed dictatorship. Here, we look back over the actions undertaken by North Korea over the course of 2017 and how the world responded.

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Women have served in the British Armed Forces for a century and behind the lines, female scientists and engineers have been developing battle-winning solutions for at least as long. Inspiring examples from the military, civil service and the defence industry were recently recognised at the Women in Defence UK Awards 2017.

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On the frontlines of the ever more dangerous border between South and North Korea stands a battery of US-built Patriot missile systems. As the world waits to see whether raucous rhetoric will spill over into war, Claire Apthorp ask what the Patriots are designed to do, and whether it will be enough.

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In this issue: Japan’s record defence budget, cybersecurity insights from Airbus, medical equipment for the frontline, saving fuel costs with digital tanker management, the UK’s shipbuilding renaissance and more.

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The US State Department approved $10.5bn sale of Patriot defence system to Poland and US President Donald Trump is seeking another $4bn in the defence budget to counter the threat from North Korea. Army-technology.com wraps up key headlines from November.

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Hackers are deploying machine learning techniques to create malware that constantly changes to avoid detection, and future malware strains could – it has been suggested – even develop sentient properties to keep them one step ahead. Claire Apthorp spoke to Airbus Cyber Security to find out more about the recent strains of malware they’ve been dealing with, and to hear how the threat to communications infrastructure is harming military readiness.

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