What future for the armed forces?
Acquisition reform, budget cuts, a redefined strategic direction and an idea of Britain's world military role. All are being discussed in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, and a recent Parliamentary panel looked at how, or whether, they can be achieved. Editor Joel Shenton reports…

On the home front
Dawn McCafferty, chairman of the RAF Families Federation, highlights the challenges of childcare for military families…

Cuts, costs and kit: the economics of the defence review
Deep cuts in the Strategic Defence and Security Review were always inevitable, regardless of the politics of the government, as Professor Keith Hartley, emeritus professor of economics at The University of York, tells editor Joel Shenton...

Uniform protection
Human factors and physiology are important considerations in the quest to better equip the armed forces, as Dstl's Mark Helliker tells Editor Matthew D'Arcy…

Poland's defence partnerships
Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich explains the benefits of EU and NATO membership to the country's defence capability, and sets out Poland's national defence goals…

The rank of recovery
The MoD has grasped the chance to do its bit for the green agenda, as Barry Martynski, Project Manager for WRAP, reveals…

The right skills for civvy street
Service leavers have a lot to offer civilian employers, as Andy McNab and General Sir Mike Jackson tell Matthew D'Arcy…

A history of violence in the Fergana valley
Following the recent conflict in Kyrgyzstan, Anthony Tucker-Jones explains how the Fergana Valley has always been a hotbed of violent militancy

Flight of the Fulcrum
DMJ turns the spotlight onto the MiG-29, and charts the US Air Force's experience with the Russian aircraft…