Taking Multi-domain Operations from Theory to Practice
Multi-domain operations (MDO) originated in the US amid rising concerns that improving precision strike weapons, combined with increasingly capable anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, would…
Elio Calcagno, Bryan Clark, Alessandro Marrone, Nicolò Murgia, Karolina Muti, Pietro Serino
Spotlight
The European Defence Industry Programme: The Last Piece of the EU Defence Puzzle?
EDIP completes the EU’s emerging defence-industrial toolkit, offering a modest 2026-2027 budget but a scalable framework that will shape larger post-2028 instruments.EDIP’s value lies in structuring…
Trans-Atlantic Critical Mineral Supply Chain Cooperation
The intensifying US-China competition has profound implications for critical mineral supply chains (CMSCs), affecting trade, export controls and market dynamics. US and European firms face…
The New Partnership among Italy, Japan and the UK on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) launched by Italy, Japan and the UK in 2022 represents a novel partnership among the three countries for the development and production of a next-generation…
Publications
Data pubblicazione
Taking Multi-domain Operations from Theory to Practice
Edited by
Elio Calcagno
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In: Documenti IAI
26|01
Rome, IAI, February 2026, 28 p.
Data pubblicazione
The European Defence Industry Programme: The Last Piece of the EU Defence Puzzle?
Autori
Nicolò Murgia
Alessandro Marrone
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In: IAI Briefs
26|02
Rome, IAI, February 2026, 7 p.
Data pubblicazione
I caccia del futuro come piccole centrali di energia
Autori
Alessandro Marrone
Nicolò Murgia
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In: Altri paper e articoli
in Airpress, n. 172 (dicembre 2025), p. 66-67
Research
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 initiative aims to provide European member states with a study and design of a new collaborative defence capability: an interoperable, resilient and scalable network of responsive space systems …
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L’ambiente subacqueo come motore di innovazione tecnologica
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