IQPC International

With asymmetric threats growing, leading figures from the Royal Netherlands Navy, US AFRICOM and NATO Undersea Research Centre are due to meet in March to present solutions to the problems of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.

A leading figure in the NATO Allied Joint Force has revealed an urgent need for OPVs in operations off the Horn of Africa to counteract the growing asymmetric threat of piracy.

Europe’s leading cyber warfare conference has revealed an urgent demand for investment and integration between national defence agencies and private computer security developers if major crisis is to be avoided.

In the aftermath of the UK’s Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and the US Defence Recommendations for Deficit Reduction, how will naval forces and industry cope with the widespread cost-cutting ramifications?

The concept of the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force was born almost 40 years ago. Four decades on, the E-3A, E-3D and initiatives such as the Empire Challenge are helping the 16 nations of the NAEW&CF Command stay ahead of the curve.

Baudouin Heuninckx, Former A400M Logistics Support Officer, OCCAR-EA has offered multinational cooperation as the solution for maintenance of ageing aircraft in the wake of budget cuts, ongoing procurement requirements and a rethink of strategies.

Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars are a huge growth area for the major industry primes like Northrop Grumman and Raytheon as forces such as UK MoD and the US Armed Forces seek a more rapid, reliable and cost effective radar platform.

Brigadier General Roger Mathews, a pre-eminent figure within the US Army Air Defence Artillery School, is due to address the air defence community next week offering his insights into training methods, systems developments and future requirements.

Col. A K Sharma, Former Armour Battalion Commander and Dean of the Indian Army’s Faculty of Technical Studies (and Editor of the South Asia Defence & Strategic Review), examines the Indian Armoured Vehicles marketplace and its future directions.

The debate within the Software Defined Radio community grows louder by the day - should nations adopt SDR platforms fully now and bear the full burden of their costs immediately or should SDR be implemented partially and gradually while costs fall?