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(download printable doc here) The Jelly Metaphor and Systemic Vision: Strengthening Defence requires an organisational paradigm shift. To understand the scale of the problem, it is useful to use the jelly metaphor: to move...
Deterrence is not warmongering, but the fundamental tool for avoiding war. The perception of strength prevents conflict, but only if backed by a real and credible capacity to respond. Informing public opinion of this...
Belgium’s Strategic Blueprint for Industrial Efficiency and Defence Competitiveness By AOS Defence & Security Management Insights (full printable document here) The insights shared at the AGORIA study day (24 Sep 26) reinforce that industrial...
Safety, Security, Resilience: Not separate projects, but three properties of the same system. – by: Lucia Di Giambattista[1], Gustavo Scotti di Uccio[2] (download here) The article highlights how the modernisation of the European railway...
By. Dr Gustavo Scotti di Uccio[1] and Ivan Lubarsky[2] This paper continues the detailed analysis of recent lessons learned[3] explored in the analytical articles published on www.aofs.org. (full printable document here) By synthesizing empirical...
By. Antonio Errico[1] – AOS Senior Advisor printable document here The following text presents a synthesis of the key naval warfare lessons learned from the ongoing conflict in the Black Sea, analysing the paradigm...
At the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara, discussions will focus on three main areas: increasing defence investments up to five percent of GDP, strengthening defence industry production, and continuing support for Ukraine. Lessons learned,...
(full report here) The Global Context: The global defence sector is undergoing a structural transformation driven by geopolitical competition, rapid technological diffusion, and operational learning from the conflict in Ukraine. Traditional, long-cycle, platform-centric procurement...
(see full document) In CBRN defence and internal security, traditional air detectors face a lethal blind spot: they cannot see persistent chemical agents and synthetic opioids that remain anchored to surfaces without evaporating. The...
(full document here) Artificial intelligence is often discussed as if it were a single, all-purpose technology. In reality, there are several ways to classify AI, depending on its functions and how it uses data....
(full document here) The evolution of the threat landscape makes the transition from defensive security to adaptive, resilience-based security unavoidable. Resilience is no longer an optional feature but the primary metric of system effectiveness....
(full document here) We are used to thinking of cybersecurity as a war involving Russian or Chinese hackers attempting to breach government firewalls. But the reality is much more mundane, and for that reason,...
(full document here) The next European Defence summit in Brussels will be the real test: will a fratricidal competition be chosen, or the creation of a single “Michelangelo-SkyDefender” protocol to secure the Union’s borders?...
(full document here) The issue of employing multi-domain unmanned systems for medical purposes has become particularly pressing, especially considering how electronic warfare and the saturation of airspace are rewriting the rules of tactical casualty...
(download here) Major crises often trigger rapid announcements, but sustained delivery is where transformation truly succeeds. Europe’s critical infrastructures, transport, rail, energy, digital, require faster innovation cycles and shared risk governance. Competitiveness and resilience...
(full document here) a comprehensive analysis of how the conflict in Ukraine is fundamentally altering traditional land warfare. Artillery, the “king of the battlefield”, is undergoing a forced evolution driven by drones, real-time data,...
(full document here) Energy is no longer a mere support function; it is a force multiplier that will define technological advantage in the conflicts of the coming decade. The European defense sector currently relies...
The accelerating development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has introduced scenarios where delegating decision-making – particularly in high-pressure military contexts – appears inevitable. AI systems offer unprecedented analytical capabilities, processing vast datasets in real time...
by Dott. Ing. Francesco Paolo Cantelli jr.; Dr. Gustavo Scotti di Uccio – Before the destabilizing events of 2014, which led to the annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Donbas, Ukraine was recognized...
Guiding Principles for Mastering AI, the Toolset of the Future Creative Intelligence AI is the Engine, Human is the Pilot: We use AI to accelerate our workflow, but the human remains the final authority....