The European Anti-Drone Imperative
Procurement Priorities, Industrial Positioning, and Doctrinal Transformation in the Age of Mass UAS Warfare
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About this report
The rapid diffusion of low-cost unmanned aerial systems has altered the structure of air warfare in a way that directly challenges the economic and doctrinal foundations of European air defence.
What was previously a domain defined by relatively low-density, high-value threats is now characterized by sustained saturation, where inexpensive platforms are deployed in large volumes to impose financial and operational strain on defenders.
Key questions this report answers
- How has the diffusion of low-cost unmanned aerial systems altered the economics and doctrine of European air defence?
- Where does Europe face a doctrinal failure and capability gap against saturation drone threats?
- How do directed-energy solutions, jamming and procurement frameworks address the anti-drone imperative?
- What lessons from Ukraine knowledge transfer and policy recommendations shape European counter-UAS posture?
Inside this report
- The threat environment
- The doctrinal failure
- The European capability gap
- Industrial positioning
- The directed energy horizon
- Procurement framework
- The Ukraine knowledge transfer
- Policy recommendations and DFM analytical implications
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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