Current Issue: September 2025

European Security & Defence · 9/2025 

Armament & Technology

  • Desolate skies: Why GBAD matters [Mark Cazalet]
  • Trade-offs in air defence system design [Dr Sidharth Kaushal]
  • Countering small drones: A big challenge [Doug Richardson]
  • Hypersonic weapon interceptor developments [Sidney E. Dean]
  • Dual-use offensive/defensive interceptors: Panacea or chimera? [Dr Sidharth Kaushal]
  • Ground-based DEWs: From science fiction to operational deployment [Sidney E. Dean]
  • Catch the wave [Dr Thomas Withington]
  • A SATCOM lingua franca [Dr Thomas Withington]
  • Pilots for soldiers [Dr Thomas Withington]
  • The continuing evolution of tube artillery [Alex Tarasov]
  • Europe’s dash to procure rocket artillery [Tim Guest]
  • Loitering munitions: Production scaling kicks into higher gear [Sidney E. Dean]
  • Challenger 3: Rising to the Challenge [Jim Backhouse]
  • MGCS: A status update [Alexey Tarasov]
  • The Combat Air Flying Demonstrator: Rehearsing and preparing for GCAP [Jon Lake]
  • New developments in multirole helicopters [Paul ‘Foo’ Kennard]
  • Doing everything at once [Dr Thomas Withington]
  • Future soldier programmes: An overview [Sidney E. Dean]
  • Nanotechnology: Threats and prospects in the CBRN sector [Dan Kaszeta]
  • Ballistic missile moves [Tim Guest]
  • Poland’s armed forces modernisation: SITREP [Dr Robert Czulda]
  • Assessing Serbia’s ground forces procurement efforts [Chris Mulvihill]

Operations, Training & Planning

  • The UK’s Deep Recce Strike Brigade, old wine in new bottles? [Sam Cranny-Evans]
  • Strategic shift: UK CSG deployment demonstrates switch in UK strategic focus [Dr Lee Willett]
  • Hybrid navies: Integrating uncrewed capability into carrier strike [Dr Lee Willett]
  • Serve to lead [Dr Trevor Nash]

Industry & Markets

  • Mapping the expansion of Russia’s defence industry [Sam Cranny-Evans]
  • The British naval construction sector: Status report [Conrad Waters]
  • Market overview: Longevity and innovation in the machine gun sector [David Saw]

Voices from Industry

  • Photonis – Interview with Frédéric Guilhem, Chief Commercial Officer (Night Vision)
  • Yugoimport – Serbia’s Defence Industry: Achievements, Future Prospects,
    and Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine [Dr Nenad Miloradović]

Viewpoints

  • Our partnership with industry is crucial to building Europe’s defence [Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP]

Columns

  • Word from the Editor
  • Spotlight
  • Firms & Faces

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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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