Defense and National Security

This topic explores the critical role of autonomous and uncrewed systems in strengthening Europe’s defense posture, supporting force protection and enabling mission success across increasingly contested and complex operational environments. As military forces adapt to evolving threats from border incursions to infrastructure sabotage, advanced technologies are transforming the way defense missions are conducted. Sessions will focus on capabilities such as multinational command and control, resilient logistics in denied environments, counter-uncrewed systems, electronic warfare hardening, cybersecurity, financial investment and industrial base modernization, highlighting how dual-use innovation and operational integration are shaping the future of European defense.

Keywords: ISR, common command and control, swarming, contested logistics, human-machine integration, counter UxS, anti-Jamming, detect and avoid, payloads and sensors, cybersecurity, open-architecture, interoperability