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The saturation of drones has led to the need to protect military and civilian assets, demonstrated by mass drone strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war. This has prompted growing investment around the world to counter uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS).

The need to secure supply chains for critical and rare Earth minerals has been brought into sharp focus on recent years, as China expands its own network to moninate the market.

Recent international conflicts have emphasised the importance of ground-based air defence (GBAD) against multiple threats like drones, loitering munitions, helicopters, aircraft and missiles.

US President Donald Trump wants to reshape the world order with an apporach that focuses on the value of transactional politics, with Europe the biggest loser.

The largest land conflict on the European continent since the Second World War has forced Europe’s militaries to rethink military capability and face a generational threat from Russia.

Fifth generation combat aircraft come at a cost, while advanced fourth generation alternatives show that old dogs can learn new tricks.

No military capability has affected military procurement or concepts of operation more than the loitering munition, which has revolutionized warfare. 

As fidelity increases, synthetic training environments are becoming to norm for much of military training, providing significant cost savings.

The US Army is facing difficult decisions as to how it will position itself for the future battle amid a debate between mobility and armour.

Soldier modernisation programmes are ongoing across a number of Western militaries, including the US Army, which is introducing a new main weapon system into service. 

Lessons learned during the Ukraine-Russia war show that stockpiles matter as much as capability, lest your gold-plated gun run dry inside a week.

Emergent technologies and trends are impacting the designs of future naval surface combatants, with opportunities abound.

Western nations are playing catch up to the notion civil defence capabilities, which require a whole-of-nation approach previously anathema to the stove-piped structure of previous generations. 

Flying faster and farther than ever before, missile technology is the ultimate capability in being able to affect the battlefield. 

An unglamorous but vital element of military preparedness are the vast networks of transport aircraft that maintain dispersed forces. 

The backbone of the strongest modern militaries, SATCOM networks provide the connectivity between the tactical and the strategic.