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After decades of decline in spending, Nato’s member states are moving to face the new era of continental threat against Russia.

Drones are now the biggest threat on the battlefield, rendering conventional methods of protection increasingly redundant.

Long range missiles and loitering munitions mean that countries now need a layered air defence system to secure critical national infrastructure.

Throughout the West, national supply chains are under pressure as countries seek to re-equip and re-arm forces.

Fresh from the cancellation of the Constellation-class frigate programme, the US Navy finds itself pivoting again in an attempt to PLAN fleet sailing over the horizon.

So-called Collaborative Combat Aircraft are the next step in the future of military aviation, augmenting capabilities of crewed allies.

The subsurface domain offers potential threat actors the opportunity to engage in grey-zone operations against critical infrastructure.

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

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.

To some defence observers, France’s development of its armed forces offers a template in how to create full spectrum capability.

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.

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

To some, the UK is a pillar of European security. To others, a fallen power. The answer is probably somewhere in between.

Amid the creation of death zones on battlefields saturated by drones, being able to provide stand-off long-range fires is more important than ever.

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

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.

Debate continues to rage as to how best to equip modern soldiers without making them too immobile to operate on the battlefield.

As the Pentagon continues its revolution in defence procurement practices, services and industry are shifting how best to operate in this new environment.

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

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.

The final frontier has become a contested domain, as competing powers seek every advantage over rivals in a New World Order.

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