Effective military capabilities can take decades to research, develop, procure, field and integrate. But new threats can emerge with little warning. To address this imbalance, European militaries and the European Defence Agency (EDA) must plan ahead to anticipate future capability needs and adapt to the fast pace of change in the technology and threat environments. Alex Hall, James Black and Marta Kepe of RAND Europe and Frank Bekkers of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) describe and analyse the background and importance of the ongoing long-term revision of the Capability Development Plan (CDP).
Read the article in European Defence Matters magazine.