#AerospaceAndDefenseInsights

A competitive US commercial shipbuilding market could help support economic and national security interests, and a combination of bold, strategic actions could make it a reality.

The new NSIB Report Card reveals where the United States is advancing, where it is falling behind, and what it will take to achieve systemic transformation in national security innovation.

Saronic Technologies’ autonomous surface vessels are ushering in a new era for maritime in the United States.

In the face of modern warfare, a multidomain defense system is vital—necessitating a move from a vertically integrated approach to modular systems within the future defense tech stack.

Supply chain consolidation could unlock €9 billion in annual run-rate cost synergies, while boosting interoperability and strategic resilience.

Current European defense acquisition systems are no longer effective in the uncertain geopolitical landscape.

Europe can tackle fragmentation by collaborating on early tech maturation, practical approaches, and a winning team mindset, while executing on time, at pace, and at sustainable cost.

By making targeted improvements to existing US defense industrial base operations, manufacturers could cut production ramp-up times in half and double new capital efficiency.

The McKinsey European Defense Dashboard presented here provides a comprehensive set of metrics to track the evolving defense posture of European NATO countries.