Last month IFS World held its annual conference, where it launched its latest upgrade – Applications 9 – and announced the company had reached the milestone of one million users. Army Technology caught up with IFS’s Brendan Viggers at the conference to find out how IFS is helping the defence industry meet cost pressures and agility challenges.

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An open letter to US President Barack Obama from the EMP Task Force has outlined that the US should, as an urgent requirement, address the threat of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack by protecting its critical infrastructure. So, how real is this threat and what are countries doing to counter it?

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The importance of sleep in the armed forces is often forgotten, with early wake-up calls during basic training and the complexities of missions depriving members of healthy sleep. A study has found that such problems could predict the onset of mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Gary Peters speaks to the researchers to find out more.

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In this issue: The future or arms control in Europe, times of trouble for Germany’s defence industry, the US Army’s ammunition recycling project, new information management tools for an increasingly connected battlefield, innovations in port security technology and more.

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With the opening salvoes already fired in the battle for the French defence budget, the Napoleonic maxim that “no plan survives the first shot” is shaping up to prove as true as ever. Dr Gareth Evans reports.

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The Australian and New Zealand soldiers started training the Iraqi Army personnel as part of international efforts to combat ISIL militants in the country, the Polish military completed verification checks of the EC 725 Caracal helicopter, and Northrop Grumman's IAMD battle command system successfully destroyed a ballistic missile during its first flight test. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from May 2015.

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In today’s budget conscious, environmentally aware climate, the modern military is well used to doing its bit to reuse, reclaim and recycle – and not just drinks cans, paper and packaging. When it comes to ammunition, collecting spent small-arms cases by the tonne for their brass is one thing, but recycling live high-explosive artillery shells that have passed their use-by date is something altogether different. Dr Gareth Evans finds out more about the process.

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Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) may well sound the death knell for a pact that has more or less remained intact since the Cold War. So where exactly does the withdrawal leave the remaining parties to the treaty and what does it mean for the future of arms control in Europe? Dr Gareth Evans reports.

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In the last decade a few women have made inroads into the leadership structure of some of the worlds richest defence companies. Army-technology.com profiles ten of the most powerful women in the defence industry.

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In this issue: France reconsiders its defence budget, he UK's new virtual cyber centre of operations, success stories in landmine clearance, Australia's F-35 trouble, building warships in virtual reality and more.

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