In this interview, Colonel Ángel Gomez touches on his thoughts on the trends and challenges related to ISR. As Director of the Intelligence Department at the Spanish Higher Military Studies Centre, he gives valuable insights into the state-of-play of ISR, highlighting:

• The importance of JISR
• The direction in which ISR is moving towards
• The psychology behind ISR
  

The importance of C4ISR cannot be understated, as shown in current conflicts, ineffective C4ISR can lead operations to suboptimal results at best and disaster at worst. To this end NATO is under constant pressure to ensure the forces under its remit remain fully optimised. Speaking on the subject, we have chairman Matt Roper, Chief joint ISR of the NCIA who gives a concise state-of-play of the C4ISR situation in NATO and where it might be headed.

In this article Adam Schluer, former Special Operations Air Advisor and Intelligence Analyst, expresses his views combining aerial ISR platforms in order to achieve the best cost-effective performance. In this piece he covers:

• The different mission types for ISR platforms
• The roles of different platforms
• The cost implication on over reliance on high-end platforms