Keyword: GBAD (Ground-Based Air Defence)
Desolate skies: Why GBAD matters
While drones, tanks, and artillery have grabbed headlines, Ukraine's ground-based air defence (GBAD) has...
No single solution to the threat: ESD...
In June 2025, ESD interviewed Ahmet Akyol, the President and CEO of Aselsan to...

![Desolate skies: Why GBAD matters IRIS-T SLM key system components viewed from above, consisting of the command post (left), transporter, erector, launcher (TEL; middle), and radar (right). This system forms the MRAD component of ESSI. [Diehl Defence]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IRIS-T-SLM-system-components_Diehl-Defence-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![No single solution to the threat: ESD interviews Ahmet Akyol, Aselsan President and CEO Ahmet Akyol, Aselsan’s President and CEO. [Aselsan]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AhmetAkyol_Aselsan-Kopie-2-324x160.jpg)