European Defence Matters №10 (2016)

Год / месяц: 2016/6

Номер: 10

Страниц: 44

Язык: Английский

Формат: PDF - 7 MB

EDM is the only dedicated European defence journal designed specifically to address the issues of effective future defence procurement in Europe. It has a growing circulation of more than 10,000 copies, focused on senior decision makers within government and industry.

Welcome
4 Publishing Director Eric Platteau and
Editor-In-Chief Helmut Brüls introduce this edition of European Defence Matters
European Defence News
5 UK and France to jointly build combat drone; Poland and Norway plan joint naval procurement
6 Hybrid Threats: EDA Table Top Exercise well received by participants
7 Global military spending up again
Focus
8 The EDA introduces three year planning cycle
As of this year, the European Defence Agency (EDA) plans and organises its activities according to a Three-Year Planning Framework (3-YPF)
Cover Story:
Innovation Shift
10 Introduction
12 The next industrial (r)evolution: What implications for the security and defence sector?
The European defence sector has to adapt quickly if it wants to remain relevant
18 “A corporate mind-set favourable to innovation is critical”
We spoke to Marwan Lahoud, Executive Vice
President International, Strategy and Public Affairs of Airbus Group
20 Why critical R&T matters: the example of defence electronics components
Innovation patterns in the defence sector are rapidly changing with a growing importance of civil industries driving technological change
22 Tomorrow’s Technologies and how to find them
The ability to identify in time – or even better: ahead of others - the highest impact technologies of the future is critical for the defence sector
24 “The only way for Europe to preserve its strategic autonomy is to pull its resources together”
We spoke with Prof. Klaus Thoma and Frédéric Mauro, co-authors of the ‘Future of EU Defence of the Research’ study