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Introduction 2021 is a new year that arrives with antecedents firmly established and continuing to drive the strategic agenda. The AARC 2020 Strategic Assessments held, at their core, a view that the events of 2020 were accelerants of existing domestic and international challenges. The 2019–2020 National Bushfire crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic; tensions between US, China and their partners, and many Western nations experiencing social and political division, led the Prime Minister to describe the …
A Note from the Editors Welcome to the second issue of the Future Land Warfare Branch’s Spotlight Brief from the Australian Army Research Centre’s (AARC). This issue has a focus on the region. The Indo-Pacific Region is vitally important. It is not only where we live, but also the place where the Australian Army and its people work cooperatively and collaboratively with our many allies, partners and friends to advance peace and security for all. This will be on display at the forthcoming Chief of Army …
Editor's note: The Quantum Technology Roadmap has now been launched and can be viewed here . On 20th April 2021, Army will launch its Quantum Technology Roadmap. The launch will occur during the Quantum Technology Challenge 2021 (QTC 2021) at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and will include presentations from Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM, and the Chief Defence Scientist, Prof Tanya Munro. Quantum technologies have been identified as having substantial disruptive …
Australian Army Research Centre Spotlight Briefs provide a periodically released curated overview of issues relevant to Australian Landpower. Spotlight Briefs derive solely from available open source material. Inclusion of material in a Spotlight Brief does not imply or reflect Australian Army, Australian Defence Force or Australian Commonwealth Government policy. The below is a focus on the ‘Economics’ section of Spotlight Brief 1/21 , which can be viewed fully here . The Future of Work in the Mekong …
The Effectiveness of Armoured Vehicles in Urban Warfare Conditions Source: Defence Science Journal – Jan 21 The ever-increasing urbanisation of the world presages urban warfare as an enduring mission for land power in the future. This also drives the requirement for the effects that are presently only delivered by armoured vehicles in such an environment – direct firepower, protection, mobility and secure mobile nodes. To that end, the author utilises data from nearly 700 attacks in urban areas of Syria …
While jet-packs are by no means a new idea, they are now starting to come of age. For many decades they have been a feature of science fiction. Younger readers would have enjoyed watching Iron Man’s dogfight with a pair of F22s, while older ones might be more comfortable with the future offered by Buck Rogers . Today, the term jet-pack includes a host of variants that include flying boards and other personal flying devices. A French inventor has crossed the English Channel on a fly board in a 22 minute …
The first Army Quantum Technology Challenge (QTC 2021) will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 20 April 2021. The Challenge will see teams of Australia’s world-leading quantum scientists and engineers compete to show how quantum technologies can conceptually deliver Army unprecedented capabilities, including: Making the ground transparent: imaging what is hidden subterranean Resupplying troops in battle quickly, safely and efficiently: optimisation of large-scale resupply by squads …
Professor Giselle Rampersad is a Professor in Innovation at Flinders University. She has a PhD in Innovation and Technology Management (University of Adelaide) and an MSc in Internet Systems and E-Business (Durham University, UK). Recent research projects include those with BAE Systems, Naval Group, Thales, the Australian Army, the Australian Research Council and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Her research focuses on assisting organisations in developing their innovation strategy and …
Brigadier Douglas Laidlaw CSC has served for 33 years as a Reserve officer. He is currently the Commander of 4th Brigade, has operational service in East Timor and has led the response to a number of significant natural disasters in Australia and overseas. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce, and is a barrister practicing at the Victorian Bar. … Douglas …