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The JAPCC’s mission is to provide advice and subject matter expertise for the transformation of Joint Air and Space Power; provide independent analysis and solutions to the Alliance of Nations, as well as future-oriented visions of Air and Space Power, all of which have to be realised in high-quality real-time professional output and targeted media. Our diverse online publication archives and academic material are professionally produced to communicate effectively and be recognised as a reliable and professional resource.

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Connecting the Alliance at Every Level

Taking the Digital High Ground with Multi-Tactical Datalink Integration
By Cdt 
Peter 
Vanderostyne 
The rapid emergence of digitally enabled conflicts has forced the Alliance to confront a new reality: modern wars are no longer won by platforms alone. Speed, precision, and resilience of the networks that connect sensors, [...]

Bridging NATO’s Capability-Capacity Gap Through Commercial Effects

By Mr 
Laurent 
Donnet 
By Mr 
Brian  
Slattery 
Modern air forces face an operational dilemma. The demand for mission-critical effects, ranging from persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) to Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) and high-fidelity training, is expanding at a rate that outpaces the [...]

Optimising Skill Acquisition in Military Aviation

The Effective Pilot Training Framework
By Mr 
Sébastien  
Lozé 
By Dr 
Sami 
Mecheri 
By Lt Col 
Barthélémy  
Minier 
Training is the cornerstone of operational capability and the essential driver of skill development in aviation. However, a fundamental question remains: how should training be designed and organised to most efficiently unlock the potential of [...]

Wargaming the Complex Battlespace

Rethinking Targeting for Multi-Domain Operations
By Mr 
Adam 
Jux 
By Dr 
Christopher J. 
Morris 
Targeting is central to offensive military operations. NATO’s Allied Joint Doctrine for Joint Targeting (AJP-3.9) states that joint targeting links tactical actions to operational and strategic objectives.Contemporary Air Domain targeting must cope with adaptive adversary [...]

Centralised Command, Distributed Control, Disconnected Training?

Why a Unified Battle Management Architecture is Key to NATO’s Distributed Operations and Training
By Cdt 
Peter 
Vanderostyne 
With the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russian conflict, we have witnessed fundamental paradigm shifts in how modern warfare hinges on distributed and dispersed operations. Traditional conventional operations, though still conceptually valuable, are increasingly struggling to meet [...]

Deterrence in the Multi-Generational Battlespace

From Westphalia to Hybrid Warfare
By Col 
William 
Barksdale 
In October of 1648, Swedish forces launched a daring assault on Prague, storming its fortifications while Imperial defenders fought desperately to hold the city. Artillery thundered across the Vltava River as disciplined infantry formations clashed [...]

Next-Generation Software Defined Radios

Forging the Digital Backbone of the Modern Battlespace
By PO2C 
Chris 
Parsons 
The modern battlespace is no longer confined to the traditional boundaries of Air, Land, or Sea domains. NATO now operates in an integrated battlespace where Space, Cyber, and the electromagnetic spectrum are equally contested. This [...]

Countering Russia’s Glide Bomb Warfare in Ukraine

Observations and Lessons for NATO on Neutralising Long-Range Weapons
By Col 
Kevin 
Anderson 
By Lt Col 
Giovanni 
Zanier 
The Russia-Ukraine war has served as a proving ground for military innovation on both sides of the conflict. While Ukrainian forces pioneered small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology to stall ground assaults, Russia’s most effective [...]

An MDO Approach to NATO’s Counter-IADS Strategy

Integrating Suppression of Enemy Air Defences and Cyber-Electromagnetic Activities
By Lt Col 
Athanasios 
Sdrakas 
Russia’s war in Ukraine has shattered long-held assumptions about the ease of achieving air superiority. The conflict has demonstrated that even modern air forces struggle to dominate contested skies when faced with a dense, multilayered [...]

Air Power at the Edge – Securing NATO’s New Frontiers

Introducing our JAPCC Annual Theme
By Col 
Kevin 
Anderson 
We are proud of the incredible work the JAPCC has accomplished over the last year. In 2025, our research and analysis remained focused on the conflict in Ukraine and NATO’s collective defence in Eastern Europe. [...]

Regaining the High Ground

A NATO CFSpCC Perspective
By Maj 
Lucas J. 
Stensberg 
By Col 
Jonathan 
Whitaker 
Space is now a decisive theatre of operations for the Alliance. Once treated primarily as a benign enabler of activity in other domains, it is now actively contested and increasingly central to the success or [...]

Ready. Fight. Win. Together. In Air and Space

Forging a New Warfighting Mindset for Air and Space Power
By Lt Gen 
Holger 
Neumann 
I had the honour to participate in, and deliver a keynote at, the annual Joint Air & Space Power Conference. Hosted by the Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC), the event once again proven itself [...]

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