Call for Papers

Call for papers is now open. 

AOC Europe 2027 Theme: European Spectrum Resilience and EW Dominance – Scaling Up for Future Operations

The symposium will examine how Europe can turn current electromagnetic operations (EMO) into a sovereign, scalable and decisive operational advantage while ensuring effective command and control of the electromagnetic spectrum. Central to this is the requirement for data sovereignty to enable large-scale, multi-domain and multilateral operations against a proven, capable and adaptive adversary.  The symposium will also explore how assured positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) can be delivered from seabed to space and from base to target, including the strategic implications of commercial services and proliferated small low-Earth-orbit constellations.

Technical and operational presentations from industry, academia, the military and government departments are requested addressing one of the following subject matter topics. The content of submissions should address the overall symposium theme as well as one or more of the session topics below.

Note: Company product briefings are not acceptable for presentation at AOC Europe and the Symposium Chairman reserves the right to stand down any presentation that does not conform to this requirement.

Session Topics

Applicants are invited to submit an original, unclassified abstract focused on one or more of the following key topics:

  • Data Sovereignty: Ensuring data sovereignty in the EMO to support large scale multi-domain, multilateral operations against a recently proven, capable and adaptive foe. What issues do we face in achieving data sovereignty across European and NATO countries.
  • Standardisation: The use of NATO interface and equipment standards would increase interoperability and could fast track innovation. Are standards a friend or a foe and why? Which standards are the most critical?
  • Cross-Platform Coordinated EW: How to exploit and balance exquisite capabilities with attritable means. How does the High-Low mix affect future operations and what are the advantages and disadvantages.
  • Metamaterials: Exploitation of metamaterials for signature control and passive LPI. New and novel applications of metamaterials in electromagnetic warfare. Benefits and limitations of meta surfaces.
  • EMO in Space: Dependence on space for EW operations, satellite usage, systems vulnerability, resilience of GNSS/PNT systems, intelligence, counter-satellite operations are to be considered. How to support assured PNT from seabed to space - and from base to target? Strategic and operational impacts of using commercial satellites and small low orbit constellations.
  • EW Data and Metadata: Aggregation and accumulation of EW data and the need for accessible and reusable data sets in EMO. Metadata EW and how it alters the transparency of the battlespace.
  • Electromagnetic Operations: Feedback from current deployment of EW sensors and effectors, operational units and multi-national operations. How is the supply chain coping with increased, urgent requirements? Spectrum operations planning and execution to be considered.
  • Russo-Ukrainian War Observations and Impact on Future EMO: The changing battlefield with drones, counter drone technologies, hybrid warfare, distributed sensors and effectors. Challenges for the future.
  • Autonomous Systems: Applications in electromagnetic warfare. How to detect, how to deceive? Mesh networks in EW.
  • Science and Technology Horizons: New and novel technologies in EW. Photonics, opportunities above 80 GHz, quantum applications.
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Important Dates

Call for Papers Open: 19 October 2026
Submission Deadline: 31 December 2026
Announcement of Selected Speakers: Week of 1 February 2027

Any questions please reach out to Dr. Bob Andrews, [email protected], and Lisa Reynolds, [email protected].