[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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Zelenskyy Calls an Anti-Ballistic Coalition Meeting in France Around Freya, Ukraine's Mass-Produced Interceptor post image

Zelenskyy Calls an Anti-Ballistic Coalition Meeting in France Around Freya, Ukraine's Mass-Produced Interceptor

NATO Converts Baltic Air Policing Into an Air Defence Mission — Engagement Authority Moves From Capitals to SACEUR post image

NATO Converts Baltic Air Policing Into an Air Defence Mission — Engagement Authority Moves From Capitals to SACEUR

Trump Tells Zelenskyy Ukraine Will Get a Licence to Build Patriot Interceptors — Before Telling Lockheed Martin or RTX post image

Trump Tells Zelenskyy Ukraine Will Get a Licence to Build Patriot Interceptors — Before Telling Lockheed Martin or RTX

Switzerland Opens Talks With French, Israeli and South Korean Manufacturers for a Second Air-Defence System After Patriot Slips Four to Five Years post image

Switzerland Opens Talks With French, Israeli and South Korean Manufacturers for a Second Air-Defence System After Patriot Slips Four to Five Years

Estonia Receives Its First Diehl IRIS-T SLM Fire Unit at Ämari — the First of Three, and Its First Medium-Range Air Defence post image

Estonia Receives Its First Diehl IRIS-T SLM Fire Unit at Ämari — the First of Three, and Its First Medium-Range Air Defence

Rheinmetall and LIG Plan a 20 km SAAM-Based Skynex Interceptor Against Russian Glide Bombs post image

Rheinmetall and LIG Plan a 20 km SAAM-Based Skynex Interceptor Against Russian Glide Bombs

UK Commits GBP 752 Million for 150,000 Ukrainian Drones, Funded From Frozen-Asset Proceeds post image

UK Commits GBP 752 Million for 150,000 Ukrainian Drones, Funded From Frozen-Asset Proceeds

Denmark's DALO Buys the Saab Giraffe 1X Counter-Drone Radar After a Six-Month Rental Trial post image

Denmark's DALO Buys the Saab Giraffe 1X Counter-Drone Radar After a Six-Month Rental Trial

Hensoldt Supplies Its TRML-4D Radar to Ukraine's FREYJA Shield, With Fire Point as Design Authority post image

Hensoldt Supplies Its TRML-4D Radar to Ukraine's FREYJA Shield, With Fire Point as Design Authority

Rheinmetall and South Korea's LIG Form a JV to Localise Air-Defence Interceptors in Europe post image

Rheinmetall and South Korea's LIG Form a JV to Localise Air-Defence Interceptors in Europe

Diehl and Spain’s SMS Form a Consortium for the HYDEF2 Hypersonic Interceptor post image

Diehl and Spain’s SMS Form a Consortium for the HYDEF2 Hypersonic Interceptor

Fire Point Flight-Tests a $700,000 Interceptor With a European Parts List post image

Fire Point Flight-Tests a $700,000 Interceptor With a European Parts List