European Security & Defence

Current Issue: ESD 06/26

European Security & Defence · 06/26

Contents

Opinion + Viewpoints

• The British Failure to Confront Declining Naval Capability [David Saw]
• Letter from London: Britain’s Defence Drift [John Neilson]
• Quo Vadis, USA? Strategic Priorities of the US at 250 and Beyond [Sidney E. Dean]
• Vienna Viewpoint: Space, Spies and Air Defence [Matthew Lang]
• Viewpoint Bulgaria: Bulgaria After the Ballot – a New Spoiler? [William Glynn]
• Budapest Viewpoint: Post-Orbán Central Europe and the Western Balkans [William Glynn]
• The Kosovo Viewpoint: ‘The Kosovo Knot’: Sovereignty and Stalemate in 2026 Lincoln Gardner
• Letter from Kyiv: The Balance Shifts? [Alex Horobets]
• Viewpoint Montenegro: A Unique Position [Lincoln Gardner]
• Viewpoint Romania: Romania: Instability on the Black Sea? [William Glynn]
• At Sea: NATO Continues to Enhance its Standing Naval Forces to Build North Atlantic Deterrence [Dr Lee Willett]

Country Focus – France

• An Interview with General Pierre Schill, Chief of Staff of the Army [Pierre Tran]
• Procurement in France – An Interview with Alexandre Lahousse, Deputy Director of the Direction Générale de l’armement (DGA) [Pierre Tran]
• ONERA – The French Aerospace Research Agency: An Interview with Emmanuel Chiva, Executive Chairman, ONERA [Pierre Tran]
• A Conversation with Emmanuel Levacher, Président of GICAT [Pierre Tran]
• ESD Interview: The Importance of EUROSATORY – Conversation with General (Ret.) Charles Beaudouin, President & CEO of COGES Events
• The French Army Scorpion Programme – Preparing for High-Intensity Conflict [Jean François Auran]
• Main Ground Combat System Programme – A French Perspective [Jean François Auran]

Armour

• Wheeled Armoured Vehicle Families: Flexible Effectors for the Modern Battlefield [Sidney E. Dean]
• Enhancing Tracked Vehicle Mobility [Tim Guest]
• Remote Weapon Stations, Unmanned Turrets and Hybrids: State-of-the-Art Systems [Sidney E. Dean]
• MGCS Progress Report [Alexey Tarasov]
• Hybrid Power Gains Momentum [David Saw]
• Main Battle Tank Transporter Requirements [Alexey Tarasov]
• INKAS M1 MRAP – New Protected Mobility [David Saw]

Features

• Autonomous Weapon Developments– War That Is Redefining the Rules [Alex Horobets]
• Accelerating Compatibility: NATO At-Sea Activities Demonstrate Increased Crewed/Uncrewed Platform Integration [Dr Lee Willett]
• Future Soldier Programmes: Systematically Preparing for the Battlefield of Tomorrow [Sidney E. Dean]
• So Long SINCGARS – Resilient Battlefield Communications [Thomas Withington]
• Shoulder-Launched Assault Munitions and LAW: an-Portable Firepower for Infantry []Sidney E. Dean]
• The Revolution in Evolution – Developments at FN [David Saw]
• Night Vision Advances [Sidney E. Dean]
• Evolving Threats – Evolving European GBAD Initiatives [Tim Guest]
• Zircon’s Legacy – Operations in EM and RF Contested Environments [Thomas Withington]
• The State of the CBRN Respiratory Protection Market [Dan Kaszeta]
• Dial 1-800 For Armageddon [Thomas Withington]

Air Operations

• Survive and Thrive – Pakistan’s Multi-Domain Ops [Alan Warnes]

International Developments

• Sub-surface Effect and Purpose [Dr Lee Willett]
• The Pakistan Navy Commissions its First Hangor class Submarine – An Interview with Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Chief of The Naval Staff, Pakistan

Developments in Slovakia

• IDEB 2026: Slovak Army Programmes [Martin Smisek]

Conference and Exhibition

• Preview The Global Security and Innovation Summit (GSIS) –
• Questions to Dimitrios Argirakos, Executive Chair of GSIS

World Watch

• Japan Ground Self-Defence Force Budget Developments [Shinichi Kiyotani]

Business of Defence

• France Seeks New Collaborative Solutions [Pierre Tran]
• Czechoslovak Group Growth Continues

Voices From Industry

• KNDS Track
• ST Engineering

European Security & Defence

Published in English for global decision makers in politics and armed forces

European Security & Defence (ESD) addresses focal aspects of European security and defence policy, force development and armament for an international audience in more than 100 countries. Contributors include high-level authors from politics, armed forces, public administration and science covering:

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