The journal publishes original scientific articles according to the international IMRAD structure, as well as theoretical and review articles using a non-standard structure.

 

Structural elements of articles

	Empirical article	Theoretical article	Review article
Title	Required	Required	Required
Author's data	Required	Required	Required
Abstract	Required	Required	Required
Keywords	Required	Required	Required
Introduction	Required	Required	Required
Literature Review	Optional	Optional	Optional
Matherial and Methods	Required	Required	None
Results and Discussion	Required	Required	Structured by thematic sections
Conclusions	Required	Required	Required
Acknowledgements and Conflict of Interest	Required	Required	Required
References	Required	Required	Required

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The peculiarity of using a non-standard structure of the article is that there is no Materials and Methods section. Instead, a brief and at the same time detailed research methodology is described in the last paragraph of the Introduction section. Another difference is that instead of the Results and Discussion section, this type of article should have at least two separate sections with appropriate subject titles (titles should be at least 5 words long!). The last feature of writing an article with a non-standard structure is the list of references. It should consist of at least 40 literature references (articles, books, dissertations). 

 

Technical requirements

Article language	English
File format	MS Word (*.doc, *.docx)
Page orientation	Portrait
Page format	A4
Length of a scientific article / Length of a review or theoretical article	from 4000/ from 4500 words
Font	Times New Roman
Margins	2 cm on all sides
Line spacing	1.0
Font size	12 pt
Indentation	1.0
Alignment	Justified
References	presented in English (the use of transliteration when translating the used sources into English is unacceptable!)

 

Tables, figures, graphs, equations

• Tables, figures, graphs, and formulas should be numbered and placed after their mention in the text (notes are placed directly below the table/figure/graph). All abbreviations must be spelled out at the first mention in the text.
• Equations must be created in Equation Editor, variable mathematical values in the text according to the formulas are typed in italics.
• Figures and graphs should be centred, text wrapping around the figure is prohibited.
• All dimensions of physical quantities should be submitted in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). There is a space between units of measurement, symbols, and numbers to which they refer.

 

Contents of the sections

UDC Index	left justification
Article title	no more than 12 words; presented in Ukrainian and English; centre justification, uppercase, bold
Author’s data	are presented in Ukrainian and English; exception in the center; the first and the last names of the authors are written in full in the appropriate order

 

The following information about the authors must be indicated:

• the first and the last names;
• academic degree and position of each author;
• structural units of the institution where the authors work;
• full official names and legal addresses of authors’ institutions;
• contact email addresses;
• ORCID.

 

Abstract

The section is presented in Ukrainian and English with identical content (200 to 300 words in length). The abstract should be informative (not contain general words), structured (follow the logic of the article presentation), and meaningful (disclose the main research results, clearly formulate the relevance, goal, methods of problem analysis, as well as the practical value of the study). The abstract should not contain abbreviations, footnotes, and references.

 

Keywords

5-7 words or phrases related to the subject matter do not duplicate the title of the article and do not consist of common words.

 

Introduction

The section highlights the current state of the problem under study at the global level, analyses the latest research and publications (7-10 works of other researchers) with links to scientific publications over the past 3-5 years. The relevance, purpose, objectives and the novelty of the study are substantiated. References to literature must be submitted in round brackets. One citation should not include more than 3 sources.

 

Literature Review

This section is optional and should contain the results of research by scientists who analysed certain aspects of the subject matter. Each name of the researcher must be accompanied by a corresponding reference from the list of references.

 

Materials and Methods

The section describes the main stages of the study and justifies the choice of the methods, techniques, approaches, or actions used to obtain new scientific research results. The strategies and criteria for sampling (if the article contains an empirical part) are explained, the experimental basis of the study is noted. The stated methodology should provide a complete picture of the research progress so that it can be repeated by other scientists with the use of the same materials and methods. The section is required in the structure of a scientific article.

 

Results

The section presents the main material of the study with full justification of the scientific results obtained. Tabular or graphical materials are necessarily accompanied by the results of statistical data processing. Sources are placed under tables and figures. Value judgments should be avoided, as well as the elements of the description of the methodology and direct repetition of the data presented in the tables and graphic material in the text of the article. Numerical results should be rounded in accordance with established rules, taking into account the mean research error, confidence interval or distribution of values. Research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correct, have novelty and practical value.

 

Discussion

The discussion should be based on the interpretation of the research results. The most important scientific facts established are involved in the consideration, taking into account the previous data and analysis, in accordance with the literary sources on the current state of the problem with references to the works of a similar direction of research conducted in other countries.

 

Conclusions

Conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of research, correspond to the purpose and title of the study, word-by-word duplication in the abstract is unacceptable. It is important to indicate the prospects for further research on the selected topic.

 

Acknowledgements

The section is for expression of gratitude to individuals or organisations for all possible technical assistance, ideas, financial (material) aid, which made the research possible, etc.
If you have no Acknowledgements, state “None”.

 

Funding

In this section, the author(s) should indicate all sources of financial support received for the study. In case of absence of financial support, please indicate: “The study was not funded”.

 

Conflict of Interest

All authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission and include a statement in the "Conflict of Interest" section. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships. Discovery of the failure to adequately disclose a conflict of interest at submission or during the review process may result in the rejection of a manuscript or other author sanctions.

If you have no conflict of interest, state “None”.

 

References

References in the text to sources should be indicated in parentheses "()", еxample: (Ivanov, 2023). If you need to indicate a reference within a line, you should indicate the year in "()", for example: "L. Klein (2013) proposes....".

In this case, the names and years of sources in the text should clearly coincide with the data in the list of references. It is not allowed to mention more than 3 sources in one citation.

No more than two works by the same author may be cited in the list of references. Also, no more than two articles from the same journal/collection of articles, etc. may be included.

The list of references should be in English (transliteration is not allowed), references arranged in alphabetical order, and formatted according to APA 6th Referencing Style (2010).

 

Books

1. European Space Agency. (2015). Sentinel-2 user handbook. Paris: ESA.
2. Fayet, H., & Péria-Peigné, L. (2024). Deep precision strikes: A new tool for strategic competition? Paris: IFRI.
3. NATO. (2011). Operation unified protector: Final mission stats. Brussels: NATO.

Edited Book

1. Chan, D.K. (Ed.). (2025). Ending wars justly: Theory and applications. Abingdon: Routledge.
2. Gruszczak, A., & Kaempf, S. (Eds.). (2025). Routledge handbook of the future of warfare. Abingdon: Routledge.

Multi-volume Works

1. Carayannis, E. G., Draper, J., & Grigoroudis, E. (Eds.). (2023). The Cambridge handbook of technology management (Vol. 1). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chapter in a Book

1. Ghoshal, D. (2024). Historical and contemporary missile development: Nuclear weapon states, regional powers and other powers. In Role of ballistic and cruise missiles in international security (pp. 69-143). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-48063-8_5.
2. Rees, M.T. (2021). From ‘America First’ to saving ‘beautiful babies’ in Syria. In Ideas and the use of force in American foreign policy (pp. 135-148). Bristol: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.51952/9781529215922.ch008.

Conference Paper

1. Srour, K., & Abdulkerim, S. (2023). Simulation of a 6DOF nonlinear missile. In T.H. Karakoc, J. Rohács, D. Rohács, S. Ekici, A. Dalkiran & U. Kale (Eds.), Proceedings of the international symposium on aviation technology, MRO, and operations 2021: Solutions for maintenance repair and overhaul (pp. 415-423). Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-38446-2_46.
2. Han, W., Ye, Z., Tu, H., Liang, J., Song, Y., & Yan, K. (2025). A new modeling method of dynamic RCS of cruise missile. In W. Liu, Q. Wang, J. Feng & W. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4^th international conference on frontiers of electronics, information and computation technologies (pp. 563-571). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-5318-8_53.

Journal Article

1. Dol, S.S. (2021). Aerodynamics analysis of grid fins inner lattice structure in cruise missile. WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics, 16, 92-101. doi: 10.37394/232013.2021.16.9.
2. Early, B.R., Fahrenkopf, N., Horowitz, M.C., & Walsh, J.I. (2022). Climbing the ladder: Explaining the vertical proliferation of cruise missiles. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 66(6), 955-982. doi: 10.1177/00220027221079399.
3. Fontana, S., & Di Lauro, F. (2022). An overview of sensors for long range missile defense. Sensors, 22(24), article number 9871. doi: 10.3390/s22249871.

Doctoral Dissertation

1. Hensoldt, M. (2023). Artificial intelligence in military decision-making: Opportunities, risks and implementation challenges. (Doctoral dissertation, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Munich, Germany).
2. Kallioinen, P. (2022). Autonomous systems and artificial intelligence in military operations. (Doctoral dissertation, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland).

Government Legislation

1. Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items. (2021, May). Retrieved from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/821/oj.
2. Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 of the Council establishing a European Peace Facility, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2015/528. (2021, March). Retrieved from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/509/oj.
3. Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council "On Measures for a High Common Level of Cybersecurity Across the Union (NIS 2 Directive)". (2022, December). Retrieved from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2555/oj.

Webpage

1. Raytheon Missiles & Defense. (2020). Tomahawk cruise missile. Retrieved from https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/sea/tomahawk-cruise-missile.
2. NATO. (2024). Cyber defence. Retrieved from https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_78170.htm.