Discover the latest insights into Sweden's air defence in our exclusive interview with Colonel Johan Jönsson, Commander, Air Defense Regiment, Swedish Armed Forces.

We are thrilled to share the updated 2025 Attendee List for the highly anticipated Full Spectrum Air Defence Week, taking place from 23–26 June 2025 at the Hilton Syon Park, London, UK.

This premier conference brings together the brightest minds and key stakeholders to discuss the latest advancements, strategies, and technologies shaping the future of global air defence.

>> View the 2025 updated attendee list now

We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Early Attendee List for the highly anticipated Full Spectrum Air Defence Week, taking place from 23-26 June 2025 at the Hilton Syon Park, London, UK.

This premier conference brings together the brightest minds and key stakeholders in to discuss the latest advancements, strategies, and technologies shaping the future of global air defence. 

>> View the 2025 early attendee list now

In the rapidly evolving landscape of defence technology, Brave1 stands at the forefront, driving innovation and ensuring Ukraine’s technological superiority on the battlefield. In this exclusive interview with Chief Operating Officer, Nataliia Kushnerska, we gain insights into Brave1’s mission, key priorities, and the strategies that have positioned the organisation as a critical player in Ukraine’s defence tech ecosystem.

COO of Brave1, Nataliia Kushnerska will be taking the stage at Full Spectrum Air Defence Week 2025 to discuss countering the drone threat in Ukraine with limited resources. Expect conversations on:

• Establishing a C-UAS advantage against adversaries at a time of resource scarcity
• Brave1 rapid development process for countering reconnaissance drones
• Future strategies for anti-drone swarm capabilities, and required industry support to develop rapid solutions and technologies

>> View the full interview now

• Learn how to improve the integration of air defence networks to reduce the decision time from detection to interception
• Increase the mobility and flexibility of air defences to protect your forces on the move, at home or on operations
• Improve interoperability between air defence structures, both nationally and internationally through international collaboration
• Implement cost-effective solutions by learning how to use the latest technology to effectively defend against the increasingly wide area of UAS, BMD and Hypersonic threats
• Examine the future operating environment and how to prepare your forces for it

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2024 was, without a shadow of a doubt, an incredibly active year for Full Spectrum Defence. A plethora of news on system development, adoption, and deployment was released globally, as well as various statements from national and international bodies edifying their focus on this capability. In preparation for the upcoming Full Spectrum Air Defence Week (FSAD) conference, Defence IQ has gathered some of the most important 2024 news releases from across the air defence sector to increase awareness.

This brand new report includes last year’s air defence news and updates from: NATO, OCCAR, European Defence Agency, Canada, United States, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Moldova, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia, Australia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria and Sudan.

The Full Spectrum Air Defence Week Interactive Report is a global market report offering key insights into air defence spending across selected countries. Providing a comprehensive view of international investment, this report highlights critical procurement programmes, emerging trends, and strategic priorities shaping the future of air defence.

Designed as an interactive tool, it enables users to analyse regional and global spending patterns, track technological advancements, and understand the evolving landscape of air defence capabilities worldwide.

The global air and missile defence market is shaped by long-term geopolitical trends, short-term conflict-driven demand, technological advancements, and increasing multinational collaboration. Together, these factors are driving growth and reshaping priorities in the industry. Download our market report for the latest trends and insights amongst NATO and its allies.

The threats in the air domain continue to become more complex as new technologies come into play on the battlefield, including high-end threats such as Hypersonics as well as low-cost threats such as S-UAS. With such a challenge ahead of us, the only way forward is for us to work together and share ideas. In preparation for the Full Spectrum Air Defence Conference 2025, we have prepared a 2024 FSAD Recap highlighting the success and importance of air defence against a full spectrum of threats. In this flashback, we cover the greatest highlights of the previous conference and how we will push the envelope for 2025.

An effective air defence strategy is mainly reliant on the use of radars. As a domain, radars are locked in a constant game of cat-and-mouse with other technologies and methodologies that try to negate their sensing abilities. This may pose significant challenges to understanding the current state of play. To this end, we were very fortunate to interview Thomas Withington, one of the most recognisable thought leaders in the radar and EW domain. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on the current state of the industry and technology, highlighting the most critical trends in industry and technology.

NATO and Partner Nations are refocusing their efforts on Full Spectrum Air Defence (FSAD). As nations prepare for near-peer competition, forces must prepare to contest the air space from capable air forces and ballistic threats. On the other hand, the proliferation and democratisation of ballistic and UAV technologies means that even non-state actors can now project a limited but significant threat from the air. As a result of these pressures, the Air Defence Market is predicted to grow by a CAGR of 2.5% until 2029, from US$31.6 to US$35.7 billion. Investments include not only the modernisation of Air Defence platforms but the acquisition of new capabilities as well.

This report covers programmes related to:

• Air Defence
• Counter Ballistic and Hypersonic systems
• Counter Unmanned Arial Vehicles systems
  

In 2022, in the initial stages of the Ukrainian invasion, the Dutch government released its Defence White Paper that set the path forward for the nation's defence priorities. Amongst several priorities was the need to revitalise their air defence capabilities. Exploring the topic further had the privilege of interviewing Brigadier General Peter Gielen, portfolio manager of the Royal Netherlands Army. Speaking as an air defence officer, he gave clarity on:

• On the current steps taken by the Dutch forces on adhering to the white paper
• An overview of Dutch capabilities
• The roadblocks in developing the Dutch indigenous industry capabilities
  

Current conflicts have shown the importance of full spectrum air defence. Whether the threat be hypersonics or small and cheap UAVs, the truth is that democratisation of airborne technologies have opened new avenues of attack, and the world has taken notice. As a result of this we are seeing several nations investing in air defence capabilities. This news roundup is provides some of the latest news on all things concerning platform purchases of air defence technologies.