Topic areas covered in the JDST include:
- R&T policy and management
- Technology monitoring
- Foresight (requirements; technologies)
- R&T policy
- Acquisition management
- Life cycle management
- Costing
- Quality Assurance
- Certification
- Standardization
- Knowledge management
- Mechanical and Electrical Systems, Structures and Materials
- Weapon systems and platforms
- Mechanical systems and structures for defense application
- Smart and nano materials for defense
- Advanced materials for ballistic protection
- Electrical systems and structures for defense application
- Propulsion and Power Systems
- Advanced propulsion systems
- Advanced energetics materials
- Fuzing systems and technology
- Ammunition and missile technology
- Power systems
- [Fluid] Dynamics & Control Systems
- Fluid (Aero, Hydro, Gas) Dynamics
- Internal Ballistics
- External Ballistics & Flight Dynamics
- Terminal Ballistics & Protection
- Guidance and Navigation
- Avionics
- Weapon Systems' Control
- Battle Management Systems
- ATC & Air Traffic Management
- Unmanned/ Autonomous systems
- Embedded systems (IoT, ...)
- CBRNE&C-IED
- Chemical Threats and Response
- Bilogical Threats and Response
- Radiological Threats and Response
- Nuclear Threats and Response
- Explosive materials
- Counter-Improvised Explosive Device
- Sensor Technologies & Systems
- Optics/ Thermooptics
- Radar Technologies and Systems
- Navigation Systems
- Acoustic Sensors and Systems
- Laser Sensors. Lidar Systems
- Data & Information Fusion
- Communications & Information Systems
- Waveforms and Signal Processing - WSP
- Networking Protocols and Performance - NPP
- Cyber Security and Trusted Computing - CSTC
- System Perspectives - SYS
- Selected Topics in Communications - STC
- Computer architectures and systems
- Computer and mobile networks
- Information systems and applications
- Cloud and mobile computing
- Software engineering
- Cyber Security and Cyber Defence
- Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities
- Assessment of Cyber Risks, Sypply Chains and Industrial Control System
- Applied Cryptography (incl. Homomorphic, Quantum and Post-quantum Cryptography
- Steganography
- Cyber Security Operational Concepts
- Cyber Security Models and Architectures
- Cyber Security Situation Awareness
- Cyber Security of Supplies Chains
- Cyber Forensics
- Security of Industrial Control Systems
- Cyber Security Systems and Tools
- Advanced Persistence Threats
- Modelling, Simulations & Gaming
- Theoretical aspects of modelling & simulation
- Architectures in M&S
- Complex Systems M&S
- M&S Technologies
- M&S Tools and M&S Standards
- Simulation environments and languages
- Decision Support
- Operations Research/ Operational Analysis
- Defense Economics
- Decision Support Systems
- Search & Planning algorithms and solutions
- Machine learning
- Intelligent agents