Interoperable by design: Connecting people, technology, and nations

Global and northern European security environments are much less stable than at the time of the 14th conference, in 2011, of this decades-long series. Russia has recently become increasingly aggressive while western defense budgets remain constrained. Worrisome is the imbalance between current security challenges and the ability to mobilize robust defenses on short notice. Defense establishments are changing how they do business by adopting a...

This U.S.-Sweden defense industry conference focuses on the natural synergy between U.S. and Swedish companies and their governments. The U.S. and Sweden are fortunate in ranking among the top eight countries in terms of their R&D investment as a percentage of GDP; both nations commit a substantial portion of their national resources to the creation and application of new knowledge and technology. Their defense industries value R&D as...