In this issue: the F-35C proves its worth in carrier trials, transforming deployable communications for the NATO Response Force, Raytheon’s ISR software brings big data processing to laptops, DARPA’s call for aircraft carriers in the sky and more.

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Every year, live pigs and goats are shot with rifles, pistols and shotguns, repeatedly stabbed, have their limbs amputated with tree trimmers and are even blown up so that NATO military medical trainees can learn to treat traumatic injuries. As new simulation technology offers increasingly realistic humane alternatives, could this barbaric practice finally be coming to an end?

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Babcock International received a £900m contract to maintain the UK Army's land vehicle fleet, the Australian Defence Force's first EC135 T2+ helicopter completed its first test flight and DARPA unveiled the newly upgraded Atlas robot at an event in Waltham, Massachusetts, US. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from January.

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In this issue: Winning a war without boots on the ground, the US Army’s search for a lightweight armoured vehicle, a timeline of fusion power experiments, a new wave of mini weapons for tactical UAS, why today’s advanced naval ships can be run by ever smaller crews, and more.

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After years of enhancing survivability through heavy armour packages, the US Army is seeking a new generation of lightweight armoured vehicle that can be carried by helicopter or air-dropped from transport aircraft. The main candidates are based around designs originally developed for Special Forces, for whom defence depends as much on manoeuvrability as traditional protection.

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The UK Ministry of Defence announced it could allow women to apply for ground close-combat roles in 2016, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine following heavy clashes between government forces and separatists, and US President Barack Obama authorised US soldiers to continue combat operations in Afghanistan in 2015. Army-technology.com wraps-up the key headlines from 2014.

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Ongoing unrest and armed struggles divide nations causing uproar and protest at home and aboard. From Crimea to the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, army-technology.com lists the world’s ten most disputed borders.

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In this issue: The strategic thinking behind US-Vietnam reconciliation, boosting simulation technology with an open-source approach, the problem of regulating private militaries, the market potential of Textron AirLand’s Scorpion budget fighter, how the Triton UAS could transform maritime surveillance, Australia’s U-turn on domestic-built submarines and more.

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US President Barack Obama authorised American soldiers to continue combat operations in Afghanistan through to 2015, PAX said major banks were investing billions in firms that produce cluster munitions, and the UK Home Office presented a new bill to counter terrorism. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from November.

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The use of simulation tools for maintaining skills and readiness among military personnel is growing, especially as shrinking budgets constrain real-world training. Now, companies are looking at ways to utilise web-based technologies for simulation in an effort to lower costs, increase collaboration and harness the potential of developers outside the defence industry.

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