Newsletter No.141 – European defence

Editorial

by Louis-Alain Roche, Lieutenant general (armament) retired, AAE member and president of its Defence commission

Collective defence of Europe and European defence

by Antoine Bouvier, former head of Strategy at Airbus, associate member of CAIA, AAE member

Space Defence

by Jean-Daniel Testé, Former Commander of the Joint Space Command, member of AAE

From space to startups: How Europe is transforming its defence industrial base

by Timo Pesonen, director general for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS), European Commission

The future of EU defence: Why EDA is at the forefront

by André Denk, chief executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA)

OCCAR: The role of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation in the European and international defence landscape

by Joachim Sucker, director of OCCAR

2015-2025: The rise of civilian drones

by Raymond Rosso and Patrick Durieux, co-presidents of the joint AAE-3AF working group

Life of the Academy

by Olivier de L’Estoile, AAE General Secretary

Tributes to

Roger-Maurice Bonnet and Jacques Bouttes