Albright Stage | Europe's Digital Defence: Can We Keep Up?

Europe’s defence transformation must now be digital by design. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that while traditional platforms remain essential, operational advantage increasingly comes from the integration of digital and dual-use technologies - from AI-enabled decision-support and autonomous systems to secure cloud, resilient cyber infrastructure and real-time data fusion. The European Council’s call for a Defence Industry Transformation Roadmap presents a crucial opportunity to align Europe’s digital ambition with defence reality by embedding these technologies into capability planning and procurement from the outset, establishing shared standards for interoperability, and working more closely with industry, including commercial providers who’s secure, data-driven solutions already power critical systems. Europe will remain competitive only if it moves from fragmented efforts to coordinated, capability-driven digital transformation. Aurelio Colagrande, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO Alena Kudzko, Senior Fellow, GLOBSEC GeoTech Centre Gen. Michael Vetter, Director General Cyber and Chief Information Officer, Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany Brian Moran, Vice President, Head of Continental Europe, Anduril Industries Balázs Nagy, CEO & Co-Founder, TYTAN Technologies GmbH