IAI is conducting a study for the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia spaziale italiana – ASI) entitled: “Assessment and analysis of security-related aspects of ESA programmes, in relation to…
The Cluster CBRN-P3 is a network established in 2017. It involves institutional and industrial actors, together with the scientific community, which are active in preventing and protecting the…
The project aims to explore the growing importance of the underwater environment and how its exploitation for both civilian and military purposes depends on technological innovation. The project…
IAI has been closely monitoring developments in the defence sector in Europe throughout 2025, in light of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the changes introduced by the Trump administration…
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), launched in 2022 by Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan for the development of a system of systems centreed on a sixth-generation fighter aircraft, is an…
IAI took part in the interim evaluation of the European Defence Fund (EDF) as a member of a consortium led by Pricewaterhouse Cooper (PwC), which also included the think tanks Institut de relations…
The project aims to stimulate the reflection on the overwhelming strategic importance of the space domain, the consequent implications for the country-system, and the need to protect its assets and…
This seven-month project for EDA resulted in a thorough comparative analysis of the defence industrial policy across 26 EU States, with a particular focus on the Czech Republic, France, Germany,…
The Russia-Ukraine war has negatively changed the international strategic environment, including the naval domain in respect to both European maritime security and naval combat systems. In face of US…
The increased awareness of the potential of VR technology to support simulation and training procedures has led several EU MS to set up research initiatives, aimed at building application cases and…
Italy and the United Kingdom have always been able to count on a strong collaboration in the defence and security sector, which is now inevitably being affected by the UK’s exit from the European…
The objective of the project was to analyze the projection and role of the EU in the world, with a particular focus on the new policies and initiatives the Union should undertake within the new…
The project is led by ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) and has a five-year duration (2019-2024). The Project brings together 15 partners from…
The project gathered six Italian partners of the CBRN-P3 cluster together with the Romanian cluster PROECO-CBRNE. RESIST aimed at the development of high-level technical expertise in operators…
The project brought together six European partners led by STAM. EUProtect purpose was to develop new concepts of urban landscape design, taking into account changes in terrorist threats and recent…
The project “Open Cooperation for European mAritime awareNess” - OCEAN2020 – was one of the first call of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research devoted to funding research in the defence field…
This project aimed to provide fresh analysis on the state of the EDTIB and its possible evolution in light of recent regional and global developments. The research provided a comprehensive…
The project “Putting the EUGS into action: developing EU/EDA added value in support of security and defence”, coordinated by IAI, sought to concretize the EUGS provisions of direct relevance to EDA…
The project NOSY (New Operational Sensing sYstem) is focused on the development of a new monitoring system equipped with miniaturised sensors which could, in case of suspicious substances, increase…
The consortium led by the IAI was selected, together with few others consortia, for a four-year framework contract aimed at providing EDA timely analyses on European Defence Technological Industrial…
This four-year project coordinated by IAI, provided a constant monitoring of military capabilities of EU Member States and other associated countries, through the creation and management of a…
The project’s objective was to further explore from different perspectives the importance of Mediterranean’s security, not only for Italy but also for Europe. The so-called “Mare Nostrum” is ever…
The study focused on the transformation process of Armed Forces in the main NATO countries related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and therefore on the progressive realization of…
The study focuses on the education and training of the Italian Armed Forces in the current operational context and in the 2015-2025 perspective, by analyzing challenges and opportunities to maintain…
This study analyzed the possible future use of dual-use helicopters in military operations. At the same time, the project discussed the pros and cons for each use examined as well as the related…
The study aims at analyzing offsets in the international defence market with a particular focus on European aerospace, defence and security industry. Through the study of 9 non-European countries,…
The study aims to identify the technologies to develop in Europe in order to contribute to the implementation of network enabled capabilities to be utilized by European Armed Forces.
The research…
The main goal of this project is to examine how the growing complexity of the international security environment, the increasing "joint and combined" dimension of military operations, and the new…
The research analyses the EU member states’ regimes for the control of the defence strategic assets. It is widely based on interviews to the responsible of the implementation of these regimes…
The study, commissioned by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry, aims to analyze the industrial and market implications of the blurring between the concepts of Security and Defence,…
The aim of the study was to analyze the risks related to the purchase by foreign investors of industries operating in the security and defence sector. The study looked into supply and product…
The research project aimed at analyzing Italy's and Europe's investment in the JSF aeronautical program, providing suggestions on how to improve the program's performance at the European level…
Within the framework of the European Commission's Supporting Activity for the PASR 2006 (Preparatory Action for Security Research), this programme aims to analyse operational and technological…
IAI role in MEDI was to support JRC (Joint Research Center) and the EU Commission's DG Market and Enterprise in gathering data and analyses related to defence industry and budgets in Italy, within a…
This study was carried out in 2005-2006 in collaboration with the Tesev Foundation (Turkish Economic ans Social Studies Foundation) of Istanbul. It focuses on the political and military implications…
This 15-month project, coordinated by Eads Astrium in the framework of the “Preparatory Action in the field of Security Research” - Pasr 2004, shown the benefits that would derive from the use of…
Following a 2002 research project on the relations between the European Security and Defence Policy and the space sector (see IAI Quaderni, n.15), the IAI conducted an international study on…
This research project examined the prospects for adopting space technology in implementing the European security and defence policy in the framework of transatlantic cooperation. During the first…
The study examined the requirements pressing for a modern national logistics support system and the problems linked to implementing and managing it, in light of the international experience which…
This research project started with an examination of recent military experiences and the strategic debate and moved toward consideration of the effective potentials of the helicopter in the new…
Relations with the administrations involved in security and defence policy
Consulting services, also by means of documents and notes written for this specific purpose, in order to…