First Nato alliance ground surveillance (AGS) aircraft unveiled, North and South Korea resolve tensions, and US intends to deploy special force to combat ISIL in Iraq. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from 2015.

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Three of the ten biggest deals in 2015 exceeded a billion US dollars, including Lockheed Martin’s $9bn acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft from UTC, the year’s biggest deal. Army-technology.com lists the ten biggest defence company takeovers completed in 2015 based on deal value.

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The US Pentagon has announced it wants to increase the number of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) drone flights by almost 50% by 2019. However, following a long campaign in the Middle East, the US Air Force is dealing with a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) community that is overburdened, overstressed, and under resourced. So how does it plan to achieve these goals? Claire Apthorp reports.

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With the recent Franco-German merger of Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), it seems Europe’s fundamentally national-based defence sector has finally embarked on the long awaited restructuring it has been flirting with since the turn of the century.

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In this issue: Afghanistan’s military overhaul, the US Air Force’s adaptive jet engine, progress of the XS-1 space plane, Norway’s plans for collaborative submarine procurement, smart energy ideas for military bases and soldier systems, tackling motion sickness in drone operators and more.

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A series of coordinated terrorist attacks had occurred at various locations in Paris, UK unveiled plans to invest around £178bn in defence equipment and support over the next ten years. Army-technology.com wraps up key headlines from November.

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Afghanistan’s defence spending is set to increase significantly as the country sets out to completely overhaul its national infrastructure and defence industry. Simon Williams and Nicholas Dale discuss Afghanistan’s future military strategy and take a look at the equipment on the country’s procurement list.

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This year’s DSEI once again saw the world’s defence industry descend on the Excel in London’s Docklands to discuss the latest developments in defence technology and show delegations from over 40 countries the state of the art. Claire Apthorp reports.

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In this issue: Making Pakistan’s schools safer with predictive analysis, how the Nexter-KMW merger will change the game for armoured vehicles in Europe, replacing the Humvee, Australia’s $89bn domestic shipbuilding revival and more.

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A new technology partnership backed by UNICEF aims to help make 1,000 schools safer in Pakistan. Spearheaded by predictive analytics firm Predictify.Me, the Pakistan Safe Schools initiative will introduce simulation software to assess the level of risk preparedness of schools and generate recommendations for school and community safety plans. Predictify.Me CEO Rob Burns explains more.

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