The Academy meeting on 20 April was opened by the Academy's board member Björn von Sydow. The following program items followed.

During the program item Thoughts for the day, member Bengt Svensson, former defense attaché in Washington and resident of the United States, reflected on the topic "AMEXIT - is the US leaving Europe after the 2024 elections? The speech can be seen here.

Member Per Edling reported on the progress of the project “A Swedish A2/AD concept”. A joint project between the departments of Naval Warfare Science and Air Warfare Science. A short report from the work is presented  here.

Member Göran Pettersson gave a brief summary of the combat aviation strategy developed within Department III.A Swedish fighter jet strategy. The work is presented here.

Members Stig Rydell and Mats Olofsson presented the recently published book "Drones/UAS – technology and capabilities" for which they were editors. The presentation can be seen here and the book can be ordered here.

The author is a lieutenant colonel, former member of the Riksdag and member of KKrVA and chairman of Department III.