Can NATO’s CUAS marketplace turn urgent demand into deliveries?
Framework contracts and leasing options aim to shorten acquisition timelines, while manufacturing partnerships could help suppliers scale production to meet allied demand.
In order to face the threats of the battlefield of the future, amphibious forces are focusing on equipping their troops with multi-domain capabilities.
During the ‘Future Amphibious Forces Online’ webinar, conducted by Defence IQ on 1 December, military commanders and defence experts highlighted the relevance of aviation, cyber capabilities, communication and detection systems, hybrid technologies and precision fires.
Lt Gen (ret) Sir David Capewell, former UK Chief of Joint Operations, said that amphibious forces must be prepared to ‘navigate a more complex and more volatile operational space’ in the future.
Maj Gen Kevin Iiams, deputy commanding general of USMC Combat Development Command
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Framework contracts and leasing options aim to shorten acquisition timelines, while manufacturing partnerships could help suppliers scale production to meet allied demand.
The US is pursuing multiple UGV programmes, from commercial robotic platforms to new autonomy technologies. The combination of these efforts could prove key to turning ambition into operational capability.
NATO is looking to artificial intelligence to provide integration between different C2 systems to create a common operational picture, potentially offering a faster route to interoperability than the slow-moving processes of NATO standards committees.
The large-scale exercise in Latvia was the culmination of three experimentation initiatives to see how platforms, weapons and systems could fit into the alliance’s Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative. As well as forces, it brought together companies and equipment.
Canada plans to acquire at least 120 uncrewed aerial systems through two competitions with combined funding ceilings of C$32 million.
New counter-drone technologies, autonomous launchers and manufacturing modernisation initiatives highlighted emerging opportunities for defence suppliers, while the UK advanced a major military vehicle procurement programme.