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2026-06-30

Committee on Defense Technologies in the Areas of Civil Security, Defense, and Resilience

The security situation in Europe and beyond has noticeably deteriorated in recent years. The world is changing – a turning point. It is a critical turning point. Our societies in the EUREL member states are under daily attack: for years now, through systematic disinformation campaigns designed to erode people’s trust in the state and democracy. The next steps followed: Unidentifiable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - “drones” - over airports, critical infrastructure, military sites, and technology complexes; threatening fighter jets over the Baltic states.

Security, Defence Technologies, Critical Infrastructure & Resilience

How quickly Europe becomes capable of defending itself and, above all, resilient across the board is also a technological question. EUREL firmly believes that the civil security of our societies and the defensive response capabilities of EU countries and their friends/partners today do not depend solely on their armed and security forces. Engineers also contribute to this by designing more robust systems, reducing technological dependencies, and making digital and physical infrastructures more resilient.

Topics of the EUREL Committee

  • Critical infrastructure resilience
  • Cyber defence and operational technology security
  • Drones, counter-UAS and protection of infrastructure
  • Dual-use technologies
  • Civil security, emergency response and technological resilience
  • Energy, communications and industrial continuity

Goals and Perspectives 

  • European expert network on resilience and critical infrastructure
  • Webinar on cyber-physical resilience
  • Joint paper on engineering contribution to civil security and resilience
  • Case studies on energy, transport, telecom and data infrastructure

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