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It is a forum for informed analysis, commentary, thoughts and ideas. Contributions are welcomed from stakeholders, subject matter experts and those interested in future land warfare.

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Black ants marching across red dirt.
Looking to 2040: The Swarm Advantage
Emerging TechnologiesFuture ReadyRobotics & Autonomous Systems
Nose of military transport aircraft from left with troops along ground walking away from the aircraft in single file
Geostrategic Dynamics (Spotlight Brief 1/21)
Spotlight Brief
Dr Al Palazzo adjacent to the book cover of Anatomy of a Campaign
Book Review - Anatomy of a Campaign
Book reviewMilitary historyLandpower lessons

Described as a book that ticks all the boxes. Interesting, impeccably written, and professionally relevant — a page turner that you just can’t put down.
Australian Aid cargo on the deck of an Australian LHD
Our Region (Spotlight Brief 1/21)
Spotlight Brief
Flare in the background at night.
New Publication: Spotlight Brief 1/21
Strategic AnalysisSpotlight Brief
Canadian Armed Forces officer Major General Jennie Carignan, Commander of NATO Mission Iraq, greets Australian Army soldiers from Task Group Taji 10 at Camp Taji, Iraq.
Strategy (Spotlight Brief 1/21)
Spotlight Brief

Australian Army Research Centre Spotlight Briefs provide a p

Australian Army soldier Corporal Donovan Murphy provides force protection as Commanding General Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve Major General Gary J. Volesky departs the Taji Military Complex in Iraq aboard a United States Blackhawk helicopter.
Force Design (Spotlight Brief 1/21)
Spotlight BriefStrategic AnalysisStrategy

Envisioning a new command & control (C2) architecture for all-domain operations
Australian Army soldier Corporal Jaye Griffen, from Task Group Taji 4, loads AK-47 magazines for an Iraqi Ninewah Police training audience at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.
People, Culture and Ethics (Spotlight Brief 1/ 21)
Spotlight BriefStrategic AnalysisPeople, Culture and Ethics

Moving from Gender Analysis to Risk Analysis of Failing to Consider Gender
Flowing colours for effect
Exploiting Intelligence Mission Data: an option for autonomous advantage
Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Four armoured vehicles in a row firing at a central point in semi-darkness; firing has produced red lighting effect
The Future is the Present - Welcome to the Land Power Forum for 2021
Future Ready
Debt Financing by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0
Looking for silver linings: Budgetary certainty for the military in times of economic recession
Economics
British Infantry with MILAN Anti Tank Guided Weapon (IWM)
Tailored Capability and Modest Competencies: the U.K.’s Cold War Territorial Army as a cost-effective model for Australian Army expansion?
Land combatAccelerated Warfare
Army briefing from wall in a darkened room
Are we doing enough to prepare for the coming urban conflict? Benchmarking the French Army’s approach
TrainingArmy in Motion
Earth viewed from space
Part 2: A worsening skills balance – a key legacy of Australia’s unprecedented prosperity
Strategy
Australian soldiers in parade formation seen side on up close
Part 1: People capability - The military’s strategic imperative
Strategy
Silhouetted soldier with palm trees and sunshine in background
Benchmarking the French Army’s ‘model’ modernisation program
Modernisation
ETO logo with reading material
Emerging Threats and Opportunities
Emerging Threats and Opportunities

This edition of ETOs seeks to promote readings the AARC team recommend for assisting Army to adapting to future threats and opportunities. We deliberately span a range of topics and aim to provide enough time to order books of interest prior to the Christmas holidays. Happy reading!
French military
Raising training to the level of required readiness
Ready NowFuture Ready
Naval vessels in open water
Adding Bang to the Boat: A Call to Weaponise Land 8710
Amphibious/joint/interagency
French Military member from behind saluting with a French coloured flag in the background
Benchmarking the French Army’s people capability
Amphibious/joint/interagency
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