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C4ISR Global returned for its 13th annual conference on 6–7 May 2026 in London, bringing together senior military leaders, government decision-makers, and industry experts to explore the future of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber, and space-enabled operations.

The 2026 programme examined key challenges facing the modern battlespace, including multi-domain integration, secure communications, information advantage, cyber resilience, and the growing role of space capabilities in defence operations. The event also featured a dedicated Space Operations Summit, reflecting the increasing importance of space as an operational domain.

Download the 2026 agenda to gain an insight into the breadth of topics, speaker profiles, and discussions that shaped this year's event and to get a flavour of what to expect at C4ISR Global 2027, taking place on 5–6 May 2027 in London, UK.

See how C4ISR connects the battlespace. From space to sea and every environment in between - download our expert infographic to understand how intelligence flows through the C4ISR network to enable faster, smarter military decision-making.

When facing a near-peer on the world stage, the one who can make the best decisions the fastest will hold the advantage. This decision-making advantage will be crucial as it will best use the available, if not limited, resources. Recognising this, forces face several internal and external challenges in achieving this, whether it be the challenges posed by massive quantities of data across domains that need to be processed or the activities and technologies employed by near-peers that try to degrade your decision-making capabilities. The US response to this is Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), a strategy for combining sensors across domains, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and effectors to achieve decision superiority. On the surface, this strategy seems exactly what Europe needs in the face of a more aggressive Russia. However, challenges abound. This paper explores JADC2 and its applicability to the European context.