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Army is transitioning to a more mechanised, mobile and protected force structure. Amid billion-dollar materiel investment, the 2016 Ryan Review, [1] a subsequent professional military education (PME) strategy [2] and its accompanying CA Directive 22/17 [3] determined that the most pressing transformation that needs to occur in Australian land power is intellectual. Since then, a range of meaningful initiatives and contributions have made PME more accessible and prevalent in the Army training landscape. One …

Flight Lieutenant Daniel P Baxter is a current Jericho Fellowship Scholar. Daniel is an Electronics Engineer (Networks), resident at the University of New South Wales as a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science. He received his B.Eng in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Canberra (2017). His current research focus is explainable artificial intelligence for human-swarm teaming, neural machine translation, and real-time reasoning for action production for intelligent swarm …
Mr Joshua C Keene is a Machine Learning Researcher at 12th Level and formerly an Operations Research Analyst at the Defence Science and Technology Group, specialising in joint force modelling and simulation. Josh received his BE (Hons) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Queensland (2020). His current research at 12th Level is focused on merging classical optimisation, machine learning, and quantum computation techniques to solve complex problems. More broadly, Josh is interested …
Squadron Leader Kate J Yaxley is the 2021 Sir Richard Williams Scholar, 2021 Australia-New Zealand Women in AI in Defence award winner, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, where she is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering. Kate is an Electronics Engineer (Aviation), specialising in electromagnetic warfare. Kate received her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (2015) and B.Eng in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South …
John Brennan has served in a range of regimental and instructional postings across the Army Reserve, and commanded a reserve infantry battalion in 2006-7. He has held a range of appointments as a colonel, including a senior UN role in Africa. John holds a number of post-graduate qualifications, and has worked in industry, public service and the police. … John …
William began work in Defence in early 2020 after joining the Maritime Surface and Shipbuilding Section subsequently working on a number of projects related to electronic warfare capabilities, anti-submarine warfare and the Anzac upgrade program. Prior to Defence, William was a graduate of the Department of Home Affairs undertaking a wide range of roles in policy, web services and intelligence. William has also worked for 2 years in the Department of Human Services working on Freedom of Information …
An incomplete understanding of the nature of the conflict in Ukraine still plagues Australian strategic discourse. In what has been termed, the ‘ first TikTok war ,’ Ukraine’s strategy of resistance indicates an intent to democratise warfare. In this context, the purpose of this Post is to explore the strategy of resistance, Ukraine’s employment of this strategy, and the issues that emerge as lessons for national security professionals. Using the ASPI Strategist as an indicator of the breadth of the …

Annie North holds a Christian worldview and is a mother of two, 'Army-wife', and current serving Logistics Officer in the Australian Army. She is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy, Royal Military College - Duntroon and Australian War College with undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications awarded by the University of New South Wales and Australian National University. Annie is currently serving in Army Headquarters and is also undertaking Postgraduate Higher Degree Research into …
The unknown story of the Australian men and boats that helped win the war in the Pacific By Ian W Shaw Hachette , Sydney, 2017, 336pp 9780733637292 - Paperback 9780733637308 - eBook Reviewed by Dr Al Palazzo Ian W. Shaw’s The Rag Tag Fleet is not a work of great academic history, but that was never his intention. Instead, Shaw’s work is a great historical story, one that readers interested in Australia and the Second World in the Pacific will welcome. Shaw recounts the adventures of an eclectic mix of …

Welcome to the sixth issue of Future Land Warfare Branch’s Spotlight Brief from the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC). This issue has a particular emphasis on issues relating to robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) in addition to its usual areas of interest. RAS forms a vital part of the Australian Army as it modernises to meet the challenges brought on by accelerated warfare where the rate of change of technology is increasing. The Army RAS Strategy 2019 and the ADF Concept for Future Robotics and …