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The Strategic Air Defense Report 2025

Publisher Engalco
Published May 03, 2025
Length 103 Pages
SKU # CFFQ20019543

Description

The principal aim of this report is to describe in detail how “NATO” countries (either with or without the USA) may become sufficiently well equipped to rapidly achieve air superiority or even air supremacy in any future conflict.

Toward this aim the report is organized into the following five parts:

Part 1 The “North Atlantic” Scenario
Part 2 Electronic Warfare (EW), Military Radars & 'Stealth' Technology
Part 3 Major Tier 1 Corporate Players: Europe, Israel & the USA
Part 4 So where are we Now?
Part 5 Selected Companies Manufacturing Module-Level RF Products

Part 1 provides an overview of some current conflicts: including the Middle East and the Ukraine. Financial contributions toward NATO are cited for each out of a selection of NATO member countries (2023) and for what we are terming “New NATO” (without the USA – circa year 2030). Overall expenditure on EW and radars are presented.

Part 2 has detailed descriptions of EW technology (including jammers), military radars (AESA and “non-AESA) – and “stealth” technology. The Supply Chain is presented and discussed. Everything in Part 2 is required to support material presented in subsequent Parts of this report.

Part 3 provides company profiles and commentaries on a selection of 15 major Tier 1 corporations variously headquartered in Europe, Israel and the USA. This is a very important part of the report because of the impact of these corporations on Europe's capacity to fight in any military theater. Details are provided regarding each corporations presence in Europe (including the UK).
Part 4 is the most important Part of this report. At the time of writing there is a noticeable shift of emphasis causing an increased focus on European defence.

In Part 1 above the concept of a “New NATO” is introduced and maybe this could lead toward a picture of the future European defence structure.

The concepts of “air superiority” or even “air supremacy” remain absolutely key and toward this manned aircraft, drones (UAS, UAV) and missiles are all required. Turning to manned aircraft (mainly combat – fighters) the vital importance of the F-35 is covered in detail. Information is also provided on other combat aircraft including France's Rafale and Sweden's Gripen. More advanced fighters will not be ready until the 2030s. Within this Part 4 we also provide information concerning:

Directed Energy Weapons (DEW – laser-based and RF/microwave-based); Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGVs).

Both are very important in the context of current and prospectively future military scenarios.

Part 5 rounds off the sequence of Parts of this report. In this Part there are brief company profiles and commentaries on a selection of 10 “Tier 2” manufacturers of module-level RF products. Most are headquartered in the USA. Where possible representation and distribution in European countries is included within each profile.

A sequence of Annexes provide details regarding Air Power in various regions, including China, Russia, Europe and the USA. In each instance the following classes of air power vehicle are included:

Fighter/bomber aircraft; Drones (including UAS, UAV, UCAV) and Missiles.

Table of Contents

103 Pages
About the Author
Overall Plan of this Report
Executive Summary
ES.1 Some Global Aspects
ES.2 Some Fundamental Technological Requirements
ES.3 The Threats
ES.4 Impacts on Western Air Power: Status and Requirements
ES.5 Establishing & Maintaining Air Superiority
ES.6 Systems-Level Equipment and Microwave Module Suppliers
ES.7 Directed Energy Weapons (DEW)
ES.8 Supply Chains: from Electronics to Major Systems Including Aircraft
Part 1 The “North Atlantic” Defense Scenario
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Some Global Aspects
1.3 Updates on (Mainly) Selected NATO Countries
1.4 Speculated 2030 Situation
Part 2 Electronic Warfare (EW), Military Radars & 'Stealth' Technology
2.1 EW Systems
2.2 Military Radar Systems
2.3 An outline of “Stealth” Technology
2.4 The F-35 Stealth (Manned) Fighter Aircraft
2.5 Supply Chains: from Electronics to Major Systems Including Aircraft
Part 3 Major Tier 1 Corporate Players: Europe, Israel & the USA
3.1 Airbus
3.2 BAE Systems
3.3 Boeing
3.4 Elbit Systems
3.5 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
3.6 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
3.7 L3Harris Technologies
3.8 Leonardo
3.9 Lockheed-Martin
3.10 Northrop Grumman
3.11 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (“Rafael”)
3.12 RTX Corporation (including Raytheon)
3.13 Teledyne
3.14 Thales Group
3.15 MBDA
Part 4 So where are we Now?
4.1 The current (2025) and near-future situation
4.2 Current Military Air Power: USA and Europe
USA.
European countries reported on:
Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Switzerland, United Kingdom
Also: The European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI)
4.3 Current Military Air Power: China and Russia (the Threats)
4.4 Establishing & Maintaining Air Superiority
4.5 Directed Energy Weapons (DEW)
4.6 Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV)
Part 5 Selected Companies Manufacturing Module-Level RF Products
5.1 Analog Devices
5.2 Communications and Power Industries (CPI)
5.3 Genmix Technology Co. Ltd.
5.4 MACOM
5.5 Mercury Systems
5.6 MtronPTI
5.7 Narda-MITEQ
5.8 Qorvo
5.9 Stellant Systems
5.10 WAVICE
Annex 1 Air Power USA: Manned Aircraft
Annex 1 Air Power USA (2): Drones (UAVs, UCAVs)
Annex 1 USA Air Power USA (3): Missiles
Annex 2 Air Power Europe (1): Current (2025) Status of Selected European Countries
Annex 3 Air Power China: Threat I – Manned Aircraft
Including Tables of Chinese Drones and Missiles
Annex 4 Air Power Russia: Threat II. Manned Aircraft
Including Tables of Russian Drones and Missiles
List of Figures
Figure ES.1 Elbit Systems Regional Sales Distribution
Figure 1.1 Block Diagram of a Typical “non-AESA” Radar System
Figure 3.1 Main Divisions of Airbus (with proportions of annual sales)
Figure 3.2 Subdivisions of Airbus' Defense & Space
Figure 3.3 Elbit Systems Regional Sales Distribution
Figure 3.4 KGS Revenue Breakdown for Year 2023 ($M)
Figure 3.5 KGS Unmanned Systems Revenue Breakdown for Year 2023 ($M)
Figure 3.6 Leonardo: Proportions of International Sales for Year 2023 (%)
Figure 3.7 Northrop Grumman Main Divisions: Annual Sales, 2024 ($B)
Figure 3.8 RTX Companies' Segmentations ($B)
Figure 3.9 Segmentation of Teledyne's Major Business Segments (%)
Figure 3.10 Major Divisions of Thales Group (% total revenues)
Figure 4.1 Schematic of Co-located Trucks Carrying (i) the DEW system and (ii) the tracking Radar System
List of Tables
Table ES-1 Main Data (2030) Concerning Selected Countries (“New NATO”*)
Table ES-2 Numbers of Occasions on which Terms Occur
Table ES-3 Fighter Aircraft Available to “Europe” - Time-Lines
Table ES-4 Outline: Company Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 1.1 Defense Data (2023) Concerning Selected Countries (NATO plus Israel)
Table 1.2 Main Data (2030) Concerning Selected Countries (“New NATO”*)
Table 3-N XXXs Company Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-1 Airbus’ Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-2 Airbus’ D&S Annual Revenues and Profits for 2022 and 2023
Table 3-3 BAE Systems Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-4 Boeing Annual Revenues and Profits (Losses) for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-5 Boeing BDS Division Annual Revenues for 2022 and 2023
Table 3-6 Elbit Systems’ Annual Revenues for 2022 and 2023
Table 3-7 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Table 3-8 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Revenues ($M)
Table 3-9 L3Harris Technologies’ Annual Revenues for 2023 and 2024 ($B)
Table 3-10 Leonardo’s Main Financials for Years 2023 and 2024
Table 3-11 Lockheed-Martin’s Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-12 Northrop Grumman’s Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-13 RTX Corporation’s Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 3-14 Teledyne’s Annual Revenues and Profits for 2022 and 2023
Table 3-15 Thales Group’s Annual Revenues and Profits for 2023 and 2024
Table 4-1 Numbers of Occasions on which Various 'Air Power' Terms Occur
Table 4-2 Fighter Aircraft Available to “Europe” - Time-Lines
Table 4-3 Status of F-35 Aircraft for Selected NATO Countries (Spring 2025)
Table 4-4 Selected DEWs Currently Available or under Advanced Development
Table 4-5 Examples of HGVs
Table A1-1 Manned Aircraft (USA)
Table A1-2 USA Drones
Table A1-3 USA Missiles
Table A2 Current (2025) Air Power Status of Selected European Countries
Table C1-1 Manned Aircraft: Army Air Force (China)
Table C1-2 China Manned Aircraft: Army Naval Force and Ground Force
Table C1-3 China: Drones
Table C1-4 China: Missiles
Table D1-1 Russian Manned Aircraft: Air Force & Navy
Table D1-2 Russian Drones
Table D1-3 Russian Missiles
Table E General Abbreviations Regarding Classes of Missiles

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