[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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Switzerland Asks Parliament for CHF 970 Million in Air-Defence Advance Payments — CHF 650 Million Toward IRIS-T SLM post image

Switzerland Asks Parliament for CHF 970 Million in Air-Defence Advance Payments — CHF 650 Million Toward IRIS-T SLM

European Air and Missile Defence: Who Is Buying What (ESSI, IRIS-T, Patriot, Arrow 3, SAMP/T, Skyranger)

Cambridge Aerospace Closes a USD 300 Million Series C at USD 3.4 Billion post image

Cambridge Aerospace Closes a USD 300 Million Series C at USD 3.4 Billion

Northrop Becomes a Second Source for PAC-3 Rocket Motors — USD 3 Billion Over Seven Years post image

Northrop Becomes a Second Source for PAC-3 Rocket Motors — USD 3 Billion Over Seven Years

Washington Has Not Agreed to License Ukrainian Patriot Production — Kyiv Puts the Talks at 12 Months to Five Years post image

Washington Has Not Agreed to License Ukrainian Patriot Production — Kyiv Puts the Talks at 12 Months to Five Years

Kyiv Dates the Freyja Anti-Ballistic Prototype to the First Half of 2027 as the Costing Committee Convenes post image

Kyiv Dates the Freyja Anti-Ballistic Prototype to the First Half of 2027 as the Costing Committee Convenes

Greece Approves a EUR 3.5 Billion Israeli Achilles Shield — Rafael and IAI at the Core, Operational in 35 Months post image

Greece Approves a EUR 3.5 Billion Israeli Achilles Shield — Rafael and IAI at the Core, Operational in 35 Months

Berlin Will Examine Macron's SAMP/T NG Co-Production Offer — the Obstacle: a Second System Beside Patriot post image

Berlin Will Examine Macron's SAMP/T NG Co-Production Offer — the Obstacle: a Second System Beside Patriot

Lockheed's PAC-3 ACE and MBDA's Counter Mass Interceptor Launch at Farnborough, Both Promised for 2028 post image

Lockheed's PAC-3 ACE and MBDA's Counter Mass Interceptor Launch at Farnborough, Both Promised for 2028

The Bliksem EXO Consortium: Thales, Airbus, MBDA, Safran and Destinus Build Europe's First Exo-Atmospheric Interceptor, with Space Kill-Vehicle Test in 2027 post image

The Bliksem EXO Consortium: Thales, Airbus, MBDA, Safran and Destinus Build Europe's First Exo-Atmospheric Interceptor, with Space Kill-Vehicle Test in 2027

Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition in Paris: Ukraine a Founding Member and an Interceptor as Its Flagship Project post image

Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition in Paris: Ukraine a Founding Member and an Interceptor as Its Flagship Project

Britain Places the First LEAP Contracts, GBP 3.16 Million to Three Firms for Low-Cost Drone Interceptors post image

Britain Places the First LEAP Contracts, GBP 3.16 Million to Three Firms for Low-Cost Drone Interceptors