ABSTRACT
The major European defense powers clearly possess the technology capabilities to research, build and deploy modern C4ISR capabilities and move down the road toward military capabilities that are more network-based. Many of these countries, this survey reveals, have made explicit decisions to move in that direction. The Europeans face two signifi cant challenges in reaching this goal: creating crossnational capabilities that take advantage of C4ISR to increase their ability to operate with each other in autonomous ways, and enhancing transatlantic interoperability with the United States. There are a number of policy steps the Europeans can take, and steps the United States needs to take, to realize this twofold objective.
