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Tactical Communications and the European Sovereignty Test
Why is tactical communications the connective tissue of every other capability European defence has sought since February 2022?
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-06-03
Tactical communications is the connective tissue of every other capability European defence has been trying to acquire since February 2022.
Air-defence batteries, counter-drone networks, manoeuvre forces, intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance constellations and multi-domain command structures all depend on a layer of secure, jam-resistant, interoperable radios that can carry voice, data, video and positioning across heterogeneous national fleets and into coalition formations.
This analysis answers: Why is tactical communications the connective tissue of every other capability European defence has sought since February 2022? How does ESSOR function as a convergence architecture for secure, jam-resistant, interoperable radios? How do EDF demand-shaping and the SAFE procurement dimension reshape the industrial map of three poles, six consortium partners, and an SME archipelago? What critical gaps and signals, including the case of Radionor Communications, should be monitored?
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