[IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

IAMD | Air & Missile Defence on Großwald.org brings together analysis of Europe’s integrated air and missile defence architecture. From short-range SHORAD systems to NATO’s ESSI and Sky Shield initiatives, this section covers modernization programs, multinational procurement, and operational lessons from Ukraine. Track how Germany and its allies are building layered defences against drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic threats.

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Second EUR 6.1 Billion for Ukraine Approved; PAC-3 Admitted by Derogation, Including via PURL post image

Second EUR 6.1 Billion for Ukraine Approved; PAC-3 Admitted by Derogation, Including via PURL

Poland's Armaments Agency Signs Its First SAFE Common-Procurement Executive Contract: About PLN 3 Billion of Piorun Missiles From Mesko, 2026–30 post image

Poland's Armaments Agency Signs Its First SAFE Common-Procurement Executive Contract: About PLN 3 Billion of Piorun Missiles From Mesko, 2026–30

Canada Signs CAD 350 Million of Air-Defence Interceptors for Ukraine Through the US Jumpstart Channel post image

Canada Signs CAD 350 Million of Air-Defence Interceptors for Ukraine Through the US Jumpstart Channel

Pistorius Sends PAC-2 Interceptors From Bundeswehr Stock as Khmara Contracts 1,000 Patriot Missiles post image

Pistorius Sends PAC-2 Interceptors From Bundeswehr Stock as Khmara Contracts 1,000 Patriot Missiles

Osnabrück Sale Reroutes From Rafael to Aurelius and Lower Saxony, 1,200 Jobs Against April's 2,300 post image

Osnabrück Sale Reroutes From Rafael to Aurelius and Lower Saxony, 1,200 Jobs Against April's 2,300

Germany Takes Switzerland's Two Patriot Fire Units to Replace Those Given to Ukraine; Swiss–German Talks Failed post image

Germany Takes Switzerland's Two Patriot Fire Units to Replace Those Given to Ukraine; Swiss–German Talks Failed

Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network post image

Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion post image

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion

Lithuania Moves NASAMS Onto the Approaches to Vilnius, Replacing RBS 70 — Third Battery Due 2028 post image

Lithuania Moves NASAMS Onto the Approaches to Vilnius, Replacing RBS 70 — Third Battery Due 2028

Poland's Armaments Agency Signs a PLN 8 Billion Piorun Framework With Mesko — Buying for Lithuania, Latvia and Norway Under SAFE post image

Poland's Armaments Agency Signs a PLN 8 Billion Piorun Framework With Mesko — Buying for Lithuania, Latvia and Norway Under SAFE

Leonardo Discloses a Kyiv Research Subsidiary Registered in May and Plans Michelangelo Testing in Ukraine post image

Leonardo Discloses a Kyiv Research Subsidiary Registered in May and Plans Michelangelo Testing in Ukraine

Thales and Systematic Team to Offer Command-and-Control for Denmark's Layered Air Defence post image

Thales and Systematic Team to Offer Command-and-Control for Denmark's Layered Air Defence