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How can maritime drones navigate/survive in a jammed environment?

Key Points : Electronic warfare threatens the core functionality of maritime robotics by actively targeting maritime drones’  ability to navigate and communicate.  Next-generation navigation depends on secure satellite signals and Alt-PNT. Resilient robotic fleet communication is moving from traditional radios to software-defined networks, optical...
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Weekly Strategic Brief – 36

Manned-Unmanned Teaming: Why Nations Are Investing

Key Points : Pilot scarcity, force structure constraints, and China's public MUM-T demonstration are driving a procurement surge that is...

The Rise of the Digital Warrior: How Simulation Is Reshaping Personnel Readiness for Modern War

Military simulation has evolved from a cost-saving supplement into a core pillar of combat readiness. The evidence from Ukraine,...

Solving the European Naval Dilemma with Modular Mass

Key points : • European navies are too small to win• Buying off-the-shelf unmanned vessels is a dead end  • EUROGUARD...

U.S.-China Nuclear Competition Beneath the South China Sea

Key Points : $3.4 trillion in annual trade depends on sustained South China Sea deterrence. China's Bastion doctrine extends nuclear deterrence...

Swarm UUVs and the Weaponization of the Undersea Domain

Key Points : Swarm UUVs expand sea denial and deterrence through scalable, distributed undersea operations. AI and autonomy are transforming UUVs...

From Cloud to Combat: NATO’s Data Warfighting Model

Key Points: • NATO’s agreement with Google Cloud signals cloud’s shift into the battlespace• Cloud has moved from support infrastructure...

China’s Semiconductor “Manhattan Project”: Breaking the EUV Monopoly

Key Points: • Monopoly Disrupted: China tested a prototype EUV machine, challenging ASML’s long-standing global monopoly.• Scale: A secret, state-funded...

Counter-Drone Warfare: The Global Race to Neutralize Swarms and Loitering Munitions

Key Points: • Cheap loitering munitions and commercial drones have broken the “one missile per target” air-defence model, creating an...

Europe’s Defence Market Transformation: From Complacency to Strategic Rearmament

Key Points: • Structural Rearmament: EU defense spending increased 57% (€218B → €343B, 2021-2024), fastest growth since Cold War's end• Stock...