Keyword: Dr Lee Willett
![In early February, Anglo-German company Hypersonica conducted a successful first test flight of its prototype hypersonic strike missile capability at Andøya Space, Norway. [Image: Hypersonica]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1-ESD-hypersonic-test-Hypersonica-324x160.jpg "Next-Generation Hypersonic Capabilities")
Next-Generation Hypersonic Capabilities
Hypersonica – an Anglo-German defence and aerospacecompany specialising in developing next-generation hypersonic systems for...
Influence Tool: Gulf conflict illustrates strategic impact...
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the face of various Iranian...
![A US Coast Guard Legend class National Security Cutter (foreground) and a US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke class destroyer sail in the Taiwan Strait in 2021. The USN’s future surface force structure will include a core of Arleigh Burkes, small and large crewed combatants, and uncrewed vessels. [Source: US Navy]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1-ESD-USN-FF-NSC-USN-Kopie-324x160.jpg "USN needs new ‘boots on maritime ground’, quickly")
USN needs new ‘boots on maritime ground’,...
The United States Navy (USN) is well underway with the process of recapitalising its...
![NATO ships from SNMCMG1 sail in the Baltic Sea in November 2025. NATO’s SNMG1 and SNMCMG1 task groups have been the at-sea ‘hub’ around which national and NATO responses to the Northern European CUI risk have been built. [Dr Lee Willett]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1-SNMCMG1-FW25-LW-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Northern European seabed operations underline the Alliance’s collective approach to CUI security")
Northern European seabed operations underline the Alliance’s...
The northern Euro-Atlantic theatre is today a stage on which maritime asymmetric activities are...
![The US Navy (USN) carrier USS John C Stennis (left), the French Navy carrier FS Charles de Gaulle, and elements of their strike groups are pictured sailing together in US Fifth Fleet’s area of operations. The US, French, and UK navies are all developing ‘hybrid’ crewed/uncrewed mixes for their carrier airwing capability. [US Navy]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2-HST-CdG-USN-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Hybrid navies: Integrating uncrewed capability into carrier strike")
Hybrid navies: Integrating uncrewed capability into carrier...
A carrier strike group (CSG) is by definition a multidomain construct. Its airwing seeks...
![The UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (foreground) sails alongside the US carrier USS George Washington during Australia’s ‘Talisman Sabre’ exercise in July 2025. The two carrier strike groups (CSGs), plus Australian Navy assets, conducted CSG integration activities. [Crown copyright 2025]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-PWLS-GW-TSabre-CC-UK-MoD-25-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Strategic shift: UK CSG deployment demonstrates switch in UK strategic focus")
Strategic shift: UK CSG deployment demonstrates switch...
The UK’s deployment of its carrier strike group (CSG) on the CSG25 deployment has...
![The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) experimental vessel (XV) Patrick Blackett is pictured conducting trials with an ‘APAC24’ uncrewed seaboat off Portsmouth, UK in November 2024. Patrick Blackett is the RN’s testbed vessel for accelerating delivery of autonomous concepts and capabilities to frontline operators. [Crown copyright 2024]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-ESD-XVPB-CC-MoD-24-Kopie-324x160.jpg "‘Firsts’ class: RN’s new autonomous experimentation vessel brings new achievements in uncrewed concepts and capabilities")
‘Firsts’ class: RN’s new autonomous experimentation vessel...
For a navy investing in platforms like aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines, and anti-submarine warfare...