This book is a collection of research papers presented at MICRADS 2026. The 2026 Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research Applied to Defense and Security, held at the Escuela de la Marina Mercante Nacional “ESMENA”, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas "ESPE", in Guayaquil, Ecuador. MICRADS is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences, and concerns in the several perspectives of Systems and Technologies applied to Defense and Security.

The main topics covered are Area A - Systems, Communication and Defense: A1) Information and Communication Technology in Education; A2) Simulation and computer vision in military applications; A3) Analysis and Signal Processing; A4) Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense; A5) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems. Area B - Strategy and political-administrative vision in Defense: B1) Air, Space and Maritime Security and Protection; B2) Strategy, Geopolitics and Oceanopolitics; B3) Administration, economics and logistics applied to Defense; B4) Leadership and e-leadership B5) Military marketing; B6) Health informatics in military applications; B7) Ethics in the context of military operations; B8) Operational law (DICA and DD. HH.); B9) Air, space and cyberspace power; B10) Legislation on Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense. And area C - Engineering and technologies applied to Defense: C1) Wearable Technology and Assistance Devices; C2) Military Naval Engineering; C3) Weapons and Combat Systems; C4) Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Defense; C5) Defense Engineering (General); C6) Energy efficiency; C7) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; C8) Unmanned platforms.

Álvaro Rocha is an Honorary Professor who holds a Habilitation in Information Science, a Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, an M.Sc. in Information Management, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science. He serves as a Core Researcher at ISEG Research, University of Lisbon, and an Honorary Professor at Amity University (India) and Visiting Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology (China), Rushford Business School (Switzerland), Brawijaya University (Indonesia), and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan). Additionally, he is an Invited Professor at the University of Calabria (Italy) and Israel Technological University (Ecuador). His research focuses on maturity models, management information systems, cybersecurity, e-government, e-health, and information technology in education. Rocha is Editor-in-Chief of the journals WJIS and RISTI, and Scientific Manager of a Springer-Nature book series. He has served as an expert for Horizon Europe, COST, and various international governmental agencies. Rocha is recognized among the world's top 1% scientists by Stanford University, Elsevier, ScholarGPS, and ResearchGate.

Ashok Vaseashta is CEO/CTO and Executive Director with the International Clean Water Institute in Virginia, USA. He serves in several honorary positions, as Professor at the University of Bucharest, Ghitu IEEN, Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Academician of Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Senior Strategic Research Advisor for several organizations. Inspired by nature and guided by societal necessities, he strives for technological innovations to address the global challenges of the 21st century. He received a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1990, followed by Kobe’s post-doctoral fellowship. He served as a professor at Virginia Tech and Marshall University and continues to hold positions in universities in Romania. He served the Department of State as a strategic advisor in two rotations. His research interests include nanotechnology, micronano plastics, and critical infrastructure safety/security. He published 23 books and over 350 articles and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.