Security
Air Chiefs: Allied Integration Essential as Threats Intensify
Evolving threats demand deeper multinational cooperation
Five panel members seated
The heads of the UK’s air force, navy, army, and cyber and specialist operations command participated in a joint panel at GASCC.

“The global security environment is arguably more complex and volatile today than we have seen in many decades, and we are watching security threats evolve at breakneck pace,” according to UK Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth.

Speaking at London’s 10th annual Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference on July 15, Smith suggested that similarly rapid multinational technological responses will prove key in countering these. “The rate of technological change, supercharged by leaps in digital capability, artificial intelligence, and autonomy, is—I would argue—our greatest challenge, but also our greatest advantage and opportunity,” he said.